[Fot] TR4 expansion tank question

[Robert Deanes]

Jim , I also use the Griffin radiator and love it, for the exspansion tank
I have something simple and light, a plastic windshield wiper water bottle
that you can get from Autozone for 8 to 9 dollars , about a quart and a
half and you can see what is in it, sits in the battery box area in a
bracket that comes with it, has worked well for 5 years now.Doubt that you
can get any cheaper and still look acceptable... nothing fancy.


On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Joe Curry <spitlist at cox.net> wrote:

> Sounds like a Spitfire Mk1 expansion tank.
>
> Joe C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of jason at multivintage.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 7:46 PM
> To: Jim Gray; fot-bounces at autox.team.net; fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 expansion tank question
>
> Granted, this is on a GT6, I also have a Griffin, my tank sits parallel to
> the valve  cover running length wise between the cover and the carbs. It
> sits above the manifold and is fed upwards from the radiator with the same
> size radiator hose as all the others. Its made out of the brass (solid
> portion) of a stock GT6 radiator with a fabricated flat bottom. As an extra
> precaution I have a tube leading to a small overflow bottle in the unused
> battery box, which has yet to accumulate anything significant in it. This
> system has served me well so far. Gigantic radiator... No fan.
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing
> ------Original Message------
> From: Jim Gray
> Sender: fot-bounces at autox.team.net
> To: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Fot] TR4 expansion tank question
> Sent: Jun 6, 2012 9:03 PM
>
> Fot,
>
> I'm a little stuck on something. I want to install an expansion tank on the
> car but from what I
>
> understand about them the bottom of the expansion tank needs to be higher
> than the head.
>
> I use a Griffin radiator which is lower than the thermostat housing.
>
> I can't see a way to get the bottom of the tank higher than the thermostat
> housing.
>
> I have my eye on a couple models Canton Makes but at best the bottom of the
> tank would
>
> still be slightly lower than the top of the thermo housing.
>
> Any idea's would be greatly appreciated.
>
> jim g
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rob deanes
TR Racer