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coolent reservior
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coolent reservior
I have a 98 vette jsut got it over the summer, I had the hood up just checking the oil, when I noticed the reservor for the coolent is loose. After inspection, it looks like the holes have either worn out/ boken off so the is nothing for the bolts grab. I was wondering if anyone else has run across this problem.
The reservior is been held in place by the hoses and with the hood down, I dont this this going anywhere, but it still needs to be secured.
Any ideas?
The reservior is been held in place by the hoses and with the hood down, I dont this this going anywhere, but it still needs to be secured.
Any ideas?
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Just get a new surge tank and bolt it on. Problem solved and should be good to go for many years.
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problem that I have the fasteners or shere where it is bolted on broke off or deterrioated so there are no places to attach. The resoverior is fine. I was wondering if there was a way or ideas to hodl the tank in place
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The fasteners are studs with retainers that protrude through the inner fender, which is made from SMC. The Inner fender may be chipped or the retainers came off allowing the studs to fall out. That could only occur if the nuts at the tank were removed though, so sounds a little odd. If you can't find the correct fasteners, I'm sure a regular machine screw and locknut and washer would work. You have remove the wheel/tire and reach in, should be easy to find. There are 3, 2 on top, 1 on the bottom rear pointing towards the fuse box.
Misread your question...nevermind.
Misread your question...nevermind.
Last edited by FNFastZ06; Nov 12, 2013 at 10:26 AM.
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thanks I tried that and it does work the holes on the inner fender erroded, and were no longer useful. I got 2 bolts and washers was able to fix attach it again, for now. resoverior is firmly attached
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