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water bottle for sprinter... what should i use??
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Thu, 25 July 2002 22:29
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now that i have a 4age in my sprinter was just wondering what i could do with the water bottle situation. i only have the old standard one, and know that with front cuts they had 2 seperate bottle which bolted up towards the struts.
reason being i would like to move the air filter further towards the rear of the headlight and box it up, instead of it hangin off close to the throttle body.
has any one used any other car's water bottle's or just got custom one's as i am thinking.
thanks
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Toymods Board Member
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Sydney
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September 2002
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Re: water bottle for sprinter... what should i use??
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Fri, 26 July 2002 02:30
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Waterbottle or overflow bottle ??  If is just your water bottle you can use the bag style ones and tuck it away in one of the guards... 
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May 2002
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Re: water bottle for sprinter... what should i use??
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Fri, 26 July 2002 02:46
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well both i guess, in a sprinter they are physically joined together at the front.
but that is a thought, thanks
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May 2002
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Re: water bottle for sprinter... what should i use??
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Fri, 26 July 2002 04:04
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arent they seperate but bolted together? I havent yet bothered to look..
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Re: water bottle for sprinter... what should i use??
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Fri, 26 July 2002 04:07
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yeah, i think they are like rivetted together, not so mucha bold but prob can pull them apart,
i might have to look for some smaller items from other cars...
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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May 2002
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Re: water bottle for sprinter... what should i use??
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Fri, 26 July 2002 15:04
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I have the same problem: I have a factory 4AG AE86 air box, and it bolts in now worries but sits exactly where the 4AC washer/overflow bottle combo is.
I hear, but havn't searched, that the overflow botle off a Cappela bolts and looks like the factory 4ag AE86 one. (ie to driver strut housing). For the water bottle: I'm not sure what to do. 1 is to mount one low down under/near the battery as heigh is not an issue (there are to pumps: one on bottle, one near outlet to bonnet). Other option is to use an AE82 type overflow that mounts next to the battery.
If you work it out: post it or I will. All I know is that when mine is cheaked for road worthy-ness, I am borrowing a friend factory bottles 
The thing to be carefull of is that the overflow cannot be lower than the radiator outlet, or it may siphon(sic) off the radiator fluid.
Jaz
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Eastern Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: water bottle for sprinter... what should i use??
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Sat, 27 July 2002 01:04
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I plan to remove the Oz-spec bottles when my 20V goes in,to give me a bit more room for my trumpets,and some ducting from behind the pop-up headlight.
I'm going to be using a ke70 washer bottle,mounted down on the chassis rail,and either a prius,or AE101 overflow bottle,bolted between the battery and the radiator.
you CAN separate the std bottle pair,you just need to break the rivets that join them. you may need to make up a custom bracket or two to keep the bottle you leave in in place securely though.
Justin...
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Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: water bottle for sprinter... what should i use??
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Sat, 27 July 2002 02:24
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Yep have the same problem with the 20V conversion. Ended up getting a ke3# washer bottle and bolting to the L/H/S side of the engine bay (around the strut tower) and got an overflow bottle from a Paseo and jammed it between the battery and radiator support panel. The motor on the washer bottle is only *just* powerful enough to pump water through, so I have to somehow adapt the original washer motor to fit.....one day
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