Radiator Recovery Tank

[Red63440]

I am looking for a radiator recovery tank for my 1964 Fury BB. I am running a Be Cool radiator and 13# is the maximum pressure cap, I am loosing fluid and I want it to go back into the radiator. I'm not looking to spend a hundred dollars on a tank and while I have seen a few plastic ones on ebag that would work none of them have a brackets needed. The aluminum ones seem to be pretty small which is why I am still looking. Any ideas???

 

[WileERobby]

you can use a large radiator hose clamp bolted to the support or apron to hold a bottle... cheap... works..

 

[65-440]

13psi cap only? Is that their recommendation? If so I wonder why.

 

[Red63440]

13psi cap only? Is that their recommendation? If so I wonder why.

That’s what their site states, not sure why but it sure sucks.

 

[Darter6]

Jegs has some heavy plastic ones.They come in colors,I got black for my 65. It fit between the rad support and grille on the battery side. They mount with 1/4'' bolts. They have thread-sirts molded into the tank. I looked for photos that may show it on my car.You can't even see it.In the photo you can see the hose on top of the tank running towards the battery and barely see the top of it. I did have to drill 2 holes in the rad support to mount it.

 

[Red63440]

Think a quart is big enough?

 

[funknut]

I got this one and it’s really nice and we’ll made.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-300102

 

[diesel_lv]

The radiator is more than capable of holding the pressure of a 16# cap. They may be worried that your heater core might not be. If you're heater core is good, run a 16#. A lot of reputable aluminum radiator companies recommend lower due to the old brass our cars have. Mine is a '67 and all original except the aluminum radiator. I run a 16# no problem. I tested it to 20#.

 

[khryslerkid]

I got this one and it’s really nice and we’ll made.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-300102

Looks like the same one I used. It's really a catch can. You'll just keep filling it if the cap isn't holding.

Notice the radiator cap, 16 lbs. I think 13 lbs is too light for these engines and very well may be the OPS problem.

 

[funknut]

Looks like the same one I used. It's really a catch can. You'll just keep filling it if the cap isn't holding.
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Nice, that's clean. Smart to install in front of the rad support, plenty of room up there!

I ran the radiator overflow hose to the bottom of the can so it will fill from the bottom and suck the coolant back out when it cools (I hope). The top port I use as a drain, so if it ever goes over 20oz it will spill.

 

[WileERobby]

Think a quart is big enough?

Maybe too much, usually a Fifth is good enough for me

 

[WileERobby]

Jegs has some heavy plastic ones.They come in colors,I got black for my 65. It fit between the rad support and grille on the battery side. They mount with 1/4'' bolts. They have thread-sirts molded into the tank. I looked for photos that may show it on my car.You can't even see it.In the photo you can see the hose on top of the tank running towards the battery and barely see the top of it. I did have to drill 2 holes in the rad support to mount it. View attachment 1117265

Damn... that is a freakin' beautiful car..........

 

[Darter6]

Remember to get a "Recovery " tank. They make overflow tanks an they look identical.
Also use a recovery style cap.They have 2 gaskets for the recovery tank to work.

 

[Red63440]

That’s the most important part in all of this, it has to be a recovery tank, just having an over flow tank won’t help. Didn’t know about the cap