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Paradox wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I purchased a 1980 C3 a couple of years ago that had been neglected
> and have been slowly correcting the handyman-type repairs that the
> previous owner had attempted on my baby. Repairs like, any screw that
> fits will do, wood screws holding the interior together, installation
> tape holding the wiring in place and duct tape holding parts to the
> framework.
>
> Anyway, one of the things missing under the hood was the recovery
> bottle for the radiator. The outlet next to the radiator cap emptied
> into the engine compartment, and the seller could never understand why
> he always had to add a litre of water to the radiator every time he
> checked the level (insert Doh..) I never really had a problem with
> overheating, which included driving through the Australian Outback in
> 45 degrees, but now I'm now trying to sort out this hindrance.
>
> I purchased the correct reservoir bottle from Eckler, and as my car
> has had the full mirror conversion when im****ted to right-hand drive,
> I can't seem to fit the bottle in anywhere as it's too big : (
>
> My logic is, that if the car spits out a litre through the overflow I
> should be able to fit a smaller bottle that can tolerate the litre of
> fluid spat out. I should be able to use a standard bottle or one from
> another model of car as long as it can handle the amount of fluid. Am
> I correct ? Any help or advice is appreciated, 'cause at the moment
> I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place...
>
> Oh yea, The Ecklers bottle has to holes for pipes, I'm assuming that
> the replacement bottle needs the same. The smaller pipe is obviously
> for the output of the radiator, and I'm assuming that the big, fat
> connector at the top is for the overflow of the bottle and needs to
> have a dribbler pipe attached.
>
> Thanks for reading this, and any data you have will be really
> appreciated..
>
> Paradox
>
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