| kgs365 |
09-23-2009 08:19 AM |
FE Expansion Tank on ERA
how many of you have modified the expansion tank on a FE to fit a ERA?...was it a hard job (i.e. worth the $$ savings and pain) ?...is there anyone on the forum that will do this work?
thanks
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| cobred |
09-23-2009 08:39 AM |
I did mine and it was worth it. I bought one one ebay for 20 dollars. Glass beaded it to clean it, cut the bracket and unsoldered it, turned the tank and shortened the neck. Then I clamped it with vise grips and gave it to a radiator shop to resolder all the joints. I think I spent about $60 and 2 hours total.
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| patrickt |
09-23-2009 08:47 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by kgs365
(Post 986027)
how many of you have modified the expansion tank on a FE to fit a ERA?...was it a hard job (i.e. worth the $$ savings and pain) ?...is there anyone on the forum that will do this work?
thanks
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The ERA expansion tank is a pretty nice piece of work. It's brass, covered with black expoxy, that has been shortened down and and fits with the FE's distributor cap. Mind you even then it's a tight, tight fit under there. ERA's web site quotes the price at $450. Personally, I'd go with the ERA tank (and I did go with the ERA tank.:D) -- getting it modified elsewhere is going to be a "hit and miss," cross-your-fingers type of deal; but you might end up saving a couple of bucks. |
| elmariachi |
09-23-2009 08:55 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
(Post 986040)
Personally, I'd go with the ERA tank (and I did go with the ERA tank.:D) -- getting it modified elsewhere is going to be a "hit and miss," cross-your-fingers type of deal; but you might end up saving a couple of bucks.
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I jacked around with three different expansions tanks from eBay and made 4 trips to the radiator shop before getting mine to fit right and not leak. I then used a nice spray on epoxy coating and it looked great. Til it started weeping again. There are plenty of other places on your car to cut corners and save a little money, but if I were doing it again, I'd buy one already assembled, tested and painted. $450 is cheap vs the time and $ wasted. |
| cscobra |
09-23-2009 11:03 AM |
FYI--ERA no longer coats the tanks.
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| patrickt |
09-23-2009 11:05 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by cscobra
(Post 986103)
FYI--ERA no longer coats the tanks.
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Are they still brass? |
| cscobra |
09-23-2009 11:07 AM |
Yes.
Apparently, ERA stopped coating the tanks because some of their customers wanted to chrome-plate them.
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| kgs365 |
09-23-2009 11:25 AM |
...thanks guys...your not helping my budget! :)
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| strictlypersonl |
09-23-2009 11:59 AM |
As far as I know, we'll still epoxy-coat the tanks per your preference.
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| kgs365 |
09-23-2009 12:37 PM |
strictlypersonl...im coming for a visit this week or next...if you have one in stock i'll pick one up, along with the alternator bracket needed for a FE so i can get the motor finished up
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| xracerbob |
09-29-2009 06:59 PM |
I went through 2 ebay tanks that I had a really good shop go through (with the warning that these old tanks were unreliable) that worked OK at first but later developed tiny leaks. I gave up and went with the Kirkham tank. Only problem is, it needs to be raised a little to work due to interference with the alternator brackets supplied by ERA. The Kirkhams made me a little spacer that lifted it up and it works really well, especially in conjunction with an overflow/coolant recovery tank.
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| kgs365 |
09-30-2009 03:39 AM |
sounds easier to go to the source.....ERA
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| RAO-3 |
09-30-2009 04:19 AM |
FWIW, I spoke to Peter about this recently for my build. They will epoxy coat or chrome the tank for you, but they can't be powder coated as the temp that that coating is fired at is too high for the solder joints.
I'm getting an epoxy coated one for my build.
Ray
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| cscobra |
09-30-2009 06:16 PM |
That's not what I was told, but OK. Mine came unfinished.
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