1987 Coolant Reservoir Tank Question

[istaywikkid]

So I broke this the other day :( I'm having the hardest time finding the same one. i did happen to find one out of a 95 cherokee sport, is there anyway i could make this work before i spend money on it?

 

 

 

here is the 95 cherokee one

 

 

 

 

here is mine

 

 

Thanks for the help

[87manche1]

To use the 95 ull need to change the radiator and reroute heater line

[87manche1]

I do have one like urs i could sell u

[istaywikkid]

thats what i was afraid of, money is too tight this time around to be doing alot of swapping. how much you asking for it?

[mvusse]

When I needed a new one I got one off Ebay for less than $30.

[istaywikkid]

the guy wanting to sell me the one out of the 95 said he wanted 5 bucks for it, thats why i was ready to jump on it lol. my manche is my daily driver and has been down for the past week its killing me! lol

[87manche1]

Let me set up paypal give me shipping itll go in the trash otherwise.

[istaywikkid]

ok i have to see if my paypal is still up and running i havent used it in about a year lol thanks alot for the help!

[87manche1]

Np how fast u need it?

[istaywikkid]

i need it because I'm stuck with out it. in the picture is how its been sitting for a week, but i don't wanna rush you at all. so how ever long you need is fine by me

[willi2ds]

I've swapped in a bottle out of a Dodge Intrepid into a couple different jeeps. $10 or so at a yard and comes with a regular rad cap.

[RubberDuck]

I've been able to buy brand new overflows at auto places here when i rebuilt a cherokee, and a while back when the manche started to leak. its was about $40 IIRC.

[mvusse]

But the one in the older Comanches (and Cherokees) is not an overflow tank. It is a pressure bottle.

[istaywikkid]

where I'm from trying to find comanche or older cherokee parts is near impossible. it makes me so mad!!!

[mvusse]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DORMAN-603-300-ENGINE-COOLANT-RESERVOIR-RECOVERY-TANK-BOTTLE-87-90-JEEP-CHEROKEE-/370750593786?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ACherokee&hash=item5652751afa&vxp=mtr

[willi2ds]

I'm telling ya the intrepid bottle is one of the cheapest/easiest mods I've done. It gets rid of that cheap a** plastic cap and replaces it with an actual rad cap, it also sits the bottle lower so no more bumping the hood

Several of my friends have done the swap and have NO more probs :)

[istaywikkid]

sweet thanks!!! what year should i spot out?

[willi2ds]

There's a few years but I'm pretty sure I grabbed off of a 96 v6 model. It's pretty obvious when you see it. I'm pretty sure there's a few other Chrysler models that have the same bottle.

[istaywikkid]

alright thanks so much man I'm gonna go to the junkyard tomorrow and hope they have one!

[tugalo]

ditto on the Intrepid bottle. I suspect that any mid-size Mopar would have a similar bottle. Love that real radiator cap

[Eagle]

the guy wanting to sell me the one out of the 95 said he wanted 5 bucks for it, thats why i was ready to jump on it lol. my manche is my daily driver and has been down for the past week its killing me! lol

 

Won't work.

 

The '95 tank is just an overflow catch tank. The early, closed system tank on the firewall is a pressure tank that is a part of the pressurized cooling system. The cap is a pressure cap. Quadratec sells (or used to sell) new tanks and caps. If that's too much for you, some other GM and Mopar cars have used similar systems over the years and I've seen reports of junkyard pressure bottles from other makes that work. I think even the Jeep Liberty uses a pressure tank. Check Quadratec, and visit your local u-pull junkyard.

 

See posts #11 and 16 above