$7 Small Washer Bottle Solution After High Line

[green50gt]

Well, have a smidge of info to share simply because I had someone message me on it.  Hopefully pass it along and maybe it can be useful.

P/N 7304514 From Napa.  It's a small radiator coolant overflow bottle, and it's $7 dollars - NEW.

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/NDP7304514  EDIT.  They've up the price a couple of times since this post was made.  as of 4/11/19 it shows $15.99 on Napa's website.  FYI.

There is a nipple on the bottom where one can connect the overflow hose...  Cut said nipple off of the bottom of the tank then take a step drill bit and drill that out to 3/4".  Fits like a glove, no leaks.


One could probably make small bracket so that you can fill it all the way up to the top, I didn't bother with that.

 

[ShaunSweeney]

Nice find.

 

[Tonellin]

Cool. I wonder if there is any benefit to doing this in non hilined rigs.  My factory res is leaking at a seam, would be interesting to see the amount of room saved in a factory application

 

[janesy]

Good call, might have to look into that sometime, see if I can gain any real estate back that would be useful. I just stuffed the stock washer bottle in that same location, being that its an auto, it fit perfect even with the highlines.

 

[green50gt]

Yeah that set of high line Rokmen's I had, there was plenty of room for the stocker as well.  I wedged a stocker under the hood of the CJ Rubi - and it wasn't pretty, but it did the job for the winter.

 

[G Beasley]

Thanks for sharing. I know quite a few people who have hunted for something like this.

 

[jeepster1407]

Thanks for this! It will be usefull when If I have any trouble with my stock one.

 

[TexasTJ]

I've been looking for this! Imped posted one a while back but the links were dead. I've been running without washer fluid after my hi-line

 

[green50gt]

No problem!  The one Imped posted I believe was even a more compact bottle.  This isn't small by any means, but as you can tell it's definitely very space friendly.

 

[Florpro]

Can you post pics of the other accessories you had to relocate to give us an idea what is involved?

 

[green50gt]

I am afraid I don't usually take a lot of under hood shots..  I know [member=50]Angrytj[/member] can post up as well.



Each time I did these particular high lines I had to put the fuse box to the side like that.  Lu I think fastened his to that rod that goes to the grill.  In pictures above you can see the cruise servo just got bolted to the inner fender, and also you can see the Auto Trans Computer thingy I removed from the bracket and just bolted it to the inner also.  Cold air intake of some sort is required.  The last couple times I simply ran stock hood catches for a factory - see cheap - mod.  JK turn signals are easy too.  Overall it's pretty strait forward.  Hardest part is cutting the hood - in my opinion - I've NEVER gotten the hood just right...always hack more off on one side than the other.





Hope that helps?

Did those fancy hood pins from Rokmen on my first "LCG" build, and while they were cool - they were $80 from Rokmen I think?  Cray-Cray.

 

[TexasTJ]

My engine bay isn't nearly as clean as his but I can get some pictures if you want. I used some Synergy hood pins from Poly Perf. That were much cheaper than Rokmem.

 

[jeepster1407]

Any hood flutter using the factory latches at such a steep angle? There's also this option.

http://www.polyperformance.com/Hood-Pins?__utma=11867445.1765888406.1437766839.1446750913.1447706399.14&__utmb=11867445.1.10.1447706399&__utmc=11867445&__utmx=-&__utmz=11867445.1446562309.12.10.utmcsr=jeepforum.com

 

[TexasTJ]

Any hood flutter using the factory latches at such a steep angle? There's also this option.

http://www.polyperformance.com/Hood-Pins?__utma=11867445.1765888406.1437766839.1446750913.1447706399.14&__utmb=11867445.1.10.1447706399&__utmc=11867445&__utmx=-&__utmz=11867445.1446562309.12.10.utmcsr=jeepforum.com

These are the pins I use.
I ditched the factory latches when I went to the CCFABS fenders.

 

[G Beasley]

The factory latches arent great in the stock location...

 

[green50gt]

Yeah, they are fine, no issues.  Just buy brand new ones that aren't stretchy.

 

[Angrytj]

For those that are curious.
Untitled by lverdura28, on Flickr

Untitled by lverdura28, on Flickr

 

[Angrytj]

my fuse box was temporarily zip tied to the grille support at one point but is now mounted to the inner fender

 

[jeepster1407]

Is that the factory air intake tube with a cone type filter added?

 

[TexasTJ]

my fuse box was temporarily zip tied to the grille support at one point but is now mounted to the inner fender

That engine bay is so much cleaner than mine. 👍