I do the same using a bicycle water bottle. it was my final cooling fix....
On Jul 6, 2011, at 13:17, "Bill Rogers Motorsport Memories"
<milward@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> I have always used one of these overflow tanks to collect water from the
> cooling system as it expands. I just use an old plastic quart oil container
> with the transparent strip down the side so that I can check the level. Cut
a
> hole slightly smaller than the rubber overflow tube in the top of the
> container next to the pouring neck and slide the tube in until it is lying
on
> the bottom of the container (you don't want it jammed against the bottom
when
> it is sucking the water back into the system). Put the cap on tight and
make
> sure you drill an 1/8 " hole in the cap to relieve air pressure as the
coolent
> overflows into the container. If you don't the container gets really big!
> Fill the header tank completely and fill you new overflow about 2" deep.
Then
> you just drop it in betweem the header tank and the radiator.
>
> For purist shows I just pull out the tube and remove the container; the
tube
> just drops down and the car looks stock. Works perfectly.
>
> Bill Rogers
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