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 Post subject: What's this for?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:27 pm 
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hey guys, just found something on ebay and was wondering what it does and what it's for?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 66211&rd=1

what do you think?

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:31 pm 
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hmmm....it might be 'mini' as in 'small' rather than BMC / Leyland Mini.

EDIT: looks like a bullet hole in it :lol:


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:32 pm 
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yeah, true didn't think of that.

i always just do a search for "Mini" when I get onto ebay.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:34 pm 
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It appears to be a radiator overflow. Bloomin useless unless your mini loses alot of water thru overflow from being too hot.
And even then, the price of distilled water and coolant is nix.


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It is the radiator overflow tank from a Morris 1100 (and some mokes)
They are a good thing to have but that one is missing the pipe that goes from the radiator (that is what the bullet hole is) The pipe goes to the bottom of the tank so it can suck the water back out of the tank.


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:03 pm 
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My Mokes got one. Basically, it allows ya to carry more water. They aren't an overflow tank, they are an expansion tank. The regular radiator cap goes on that (the spring one), and a cap that just seals (doesn't have the springy thinga) goes on the radiator.

That make sense?

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ah....my VN commonwhore dunnydore had something similar.

What a top piece of engineering the VN was :lol:


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J_A_M wrote:
ah....my VN commonwhore dunnydore had something similar.

What a top piece of engineering the VN was :lol:


Don't complain, it coulda been an EA Falcon! lol :lol:

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hehehehe...I was going to mention the EA Falcon, but Kev drives one.... :lol:


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J_A_M wrote:
hehehehe...I was going to mention the EA Falcon, but Kev drives one.... :lol:


MMMMmmmm well so do i and i'm now on cracked head no2 in 5years :oops:

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Ask black van how many engines he's had in his. Mind you, it's done something like 700,000 km! 8)

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NAV wrote:
J_A_M wrote:
hehehehe...I was going to mention the EA Falcon, but Kev drives one.... :lol:


MMMMmmmm well so do i and i'm now on cracked head no2 in 5years :oops:


Mine's only done 260,000kms.... plenty of life in the old girl yet.
Towing the boat up big hills it used to overheat. So far, it's had 1 leaky head gasket replaced, 2 full sets of hoses, a fan hub, an overflow tank, and a big$ oil cooler added for tranny. Still got hot.. :x
Finally found out the 2 core ally radiator was half blocked with corrosion.
I hate bloody aluminium rads- so it's now got a nice new 3 core Natrad taxi one in there.. no moreproblemo... :lol: 8)

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poeee wrote:
Ask black van how many engines he's had in his. Mind you, it's done something like 700,000 km! 8)


Mine's at 310,000 (thrashed all the way from 197,000km when i got it) and the first time it went was at 200,000 almost to the km.
It'll be getting a full re-build and is getting a head off of and el falcon as the castings are much better and it will be getting an ecu friendly cam + port& polish + bigger valves.
It all adds up to much more fun even on dry days :roll: 8)

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I just sold my EA, it had done 285,000 ks when I got it and the speedo no longer counted the Ks, I towed cars all over the place with it and treated it very badly but it just kept going.


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i had a similar setup on mine when it was going, i went and bought a twin sealing cap, bottem and top rubber seals in the cap it self, and a 600ml solo bottle from kfc i think, i just zip tied it in front of the rad behind the grill there, drilled a hole in the cap, with a bit of hose going into it... once it heated up, you could see the bottle would neally be full, but once it cooled down, it sucked it all back in... everytime you took the cap off, its be full.. :)

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