MJsNotDead Posted December 1, 2018 Posted December 1, 2018 ALL. I searched some to see if a write-up/post had been done on this topic. Didn't find one. Or I missed it. Here goes...  Have a 20+ year old Comanche? Cherokee? Smell Anti-Freeze in the cabin? :o Anti-Freeze as we know is highly toxic to the human body. Breathing it can cause eye & respiratory tract irritation.  My '00 XJ (250k mi) Heater Core has given up, but I don't have downtime to repair it just yet. I've made a temporary solution until I can swap out the entire box/assembly with new hardware.  Today (day 1) it is 65 F degrees Dec 1st, 2018 and no loss of coolant.  See photos for further details. I've done this on a Honda welding aluminum tubes together (I was bored), but this is by far easier and cheaper. I believe the Copper elbos we're $2.00 (US) each. The hose clamps are cheap too. Just solder the two Copper elbos together.  Â
omega_rugal Posted December 2, 2018 Posted December 2, 2018 you can take the hoses out and plug the thermostat outlet and screw a cap on the return tube...
MJsNotDead Posted December 2, 2018 Author Posted December 2, 2018 I see. Heater bypass caps. Nice! Had I only known 15 yrs ago I wldn't have made a set out of aluminum. 😎
cruiser54 Posted December 3, 2018 Posted December 3, 2018 10 hours ago, gogmorgo said: Can you not just loop one hose around? You can also just loop one of he hoses around at the   I've always just gotten a connector of some sort and looped them until I could get it fixed. Simple to do.Â
grumpiebill Posted December 3, 2018 Posted December 3, 2018 Can you not just loop one hose around? You can also just loop one of he hoses around at the Done this myself. Easy to do on the 2.8...Sent from my LG-M210 using Tapatalk
MJsNotDead Posted December 5, 2018 Author Posted December 5, 2018  Inner diameter of lines are slightly different.Â
gogmorgo Posted December 5, 2018 Posted December 5, 2018 Not really enough to affect anything. I've got the same diameter bulk line on both sides of mine.
MJsNotDead Posted December 5, 2018 Author Posted December 5, 2018 I considered doing that. So far the Copper 90 elbows & adjustable bands are holding great. No leaking.Â
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