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Offline mach1mustang351

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Wiper Bottle
« on: December 27, 2011, 01:30:38 AM »
Okay team.  I'm a little bored here this evening and I am going through some of my pictures of the Big Wagon.  Here is a mod I bet no one here would need but who knows.  I swapped in the 4.0L and mounted the ECU in the Jeep location (drivers side front of the engine compartment).  This made no room for the factory coolant bottle and wiper bottle.  The only remaining room made me need to use a long skinny bottle.  Here is what I came up with after a trip to Wally world.



This is a paint ball storage device of some kind.  I think it was like $6



I drilled the bottom of it and used the AMC washer pump.




Here is how it looks in the car
Fleet:

1987 AMC Wagon 4.0L, 3" Body lift, AX15, NP242
1981 AMC SX4 Sport
1969 Mustang (A Mach 1 with a 351)
1973 GMC K2500
2007 Suzuki Vstrom

Offline carguy87

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Re: Wiper Bottle
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2011, 11:07:14 AM »
Curious, what year and model Jeep is that 4.0L from?  The majority of Jeeps mounted the ECU on the passenger side.  And how did you hook your EVAP canister up to the fuel tank, did you remove the old check valve back by the tank?

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Re: Wiper Bottle
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2011, 02:32:51 PM »
I think the Jeep was a 1994.  I did the 4.0 swap a while back... cant remember if I removed the check valve or not.  Maybe my evap system is all for show and doesn't work... I know it doesn't leak as per the California evap test as part of emissions testing.
Fleet:

1987 AMC Wagon 4.0L, 3" Body lift, AX15, NP242
1981 AMC SX4 Sport
1969 Mustang (A Mach 1 with a 351)
1973 GMC K2500
2007 Suzuki Vstrom

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Re: Wiper Bottle
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2011, 03:42:44 PM »
Good thinking using a paint ball thing.  When my washer bottle in my Concord broke, I replaced it with an old hand soap refill bottle. I drilled a hole in the bottom and mounted the pump. Works perfectly, and was about the same size as the original.
Dan
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Re: Wiper Bottle
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2011, 06:01:14 PM »
RM at its finest!
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Re: Wiper Bottle
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2011, 07:54:29 PM »
The TCU is on the passenger's side under the dash, but all the XJs and MJs I've worked on (HO are '91-96) main computers are in the front driver's side corner under the hood. Renix are under the dash driver's side above the gas pedal.
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Offline mach1mustang351

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Re: Wiper Bottle
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2011, 10:37:37 PM »
The TCU is on the passenger's side under the dash, but all the XJs and MJs I've worked on (HO are '91-96) main computers are in the front driver's side corner under the hood. Renix are under the dash driver's side above the gas pedal.

Yes this is what I had.  1994 XJ donor vehicle. 
Fleet:

1987 AMC Wagon 4.0L, 3" Body lift, AX15, NP242
1981 AMC SX4 Sport
1969 Mustang (A Mach 1 with a 351)
1973 GMC K2500
2007 Suzuki Vstrom

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Re: Wiper Bottle
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2011, 12:41:11 AM »
I like the creative solution.  I love fixes like this.  Thanks for sharing.
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2003 Saturn LW200
2007 Saturn Ion
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After our fiasco with the Toyota Corolla I got for my wife I believe I am done with Japanese vehicles.

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Offline mach1mustang351

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Re: Wiper Bottle
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2011, 02:17:04 AM »
I like the creative solution.  I love fixes like this.  Thanks for sharing.

Necessity is the mother of invention I guess.  I just wish my bottle was a little bigger.  If it snows all day I will empty that bottle by the end of the day driving for work.  I guess I will keep an eye out for something bigger... until then I keep a gallon of blue water in the Bird at all times. 
Fleet:

1987 AMC Wagon 4.0L, 3" Body lift, AX15, NP242
1981 AMC SX4 Sport
1969 Mustang (A Mach 1 with a 351)
1973 GMC K2500
2007 Suzuki Vstrom

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Re: Wiper Bottle
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2011, 07:57:16 AM »
I understand wanting a bigger washer tank. Seems like I am constantly refilling the washer fluid, except in the Caravan- it holds an entire bottle unlike the eagle and the Saturn.
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"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they
are genuine."

- Abraham Lincoln


1983 Eagle Wagon
2003 Saturn LW200
2007 Saturn Ion
1985 Mallard Class C motor home

After our fiasco with the Toyota Corolla I got for my wife I believe I am done with Japanese vehicles.

Dude you are preaching to a choir member that is close to becoming an AMC Minister if you know what I mean.


 

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