comancheman Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Today i took my mom for a drive in the comanche to go get a pool at Sams Club. As we left the driveway she says "are u sure this things gona make it to concord?" of course ma i just drove it to massachusetts and back. well we pull into the gas station to fill up and i hear fluid going everywhere. the plastic nipple on the heater valve broke off and atleast a gallon of anti freeze was in the parking lot. i called my dad and he showed up with a hacksaw an hour and a half later and i cut off the valve and then connected the metal line to the hose. my question is are these hoses still available? its an 89 with the closed system and the valve is part of the hose. do i have to go thru a dealership? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJRockstar Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I recently replaced all of the heater hoses and the pressure bottle on my 88 All of the parts are available through the dealer at dealer prices. a lot of them are available aftermarket but you have to do some searching. I know the pressure bottles are all over ebay, not sure about the valve. mine was in good shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Today i took my mom for a drive in the comanche to go get a pool at Sams Club. As we left the driveway she says "are u sure this things gona make it to concord?" of course ma i just drove it to massachusetts and back. well we pull into the gas station to fill up and i hear fluid going everywhere. the plastic nipple on the heater valve broke off and atleast a gallon of anti freeze was in the parking lot. i called my dad and he showed up with a hacksaw an hour and a half later and i cut off the valve and then connected the metal line to the hose. my question is are these hoses still available? its an 89 with the closed system and the valve is part of the hose. do i have to go thru a dealership? FAIL! In front of your MOM too. :rotf: Believe me we all been there. I know I sure have. Truck does good one day but then break the next. Mostly little crap, but stuff that I couldn't drive because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 You can cut the metal band clamps off the stock hoses and replace the hoses on the heater valve. I believe the valve is available from Auto Zone. A long time ago, I think someone posted a cross-reference to a GM valve that's the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comancheman Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 i found the valve at autozone for 30 bucks. ill probably replace all the heater hoses while I'm at it. thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Been in a similar situation. My 88 XJ overheated while my mom was in it, and as I'm under the hood with steam billowing everywhere, the sheriff that had gone by me a few minutes prior pulls up behind me with his lights on. He "pulled" me over for no front license plate. He was pretty nice about it and didn't even give me a repair notice, since the plate itself was sitting on the front pass floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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