Excellent idea, but rather than relocating why not put a smaller tank
in the same local. It would save you the routing /wiring issues. I seem
to remember that my old 80's toyota had a tank about a quarter the size
of the peugeot's and had a similar mounting set up. They would be
plentiful at the scrappers.
What is wrong with the battery hold down on your car? I've always
thought peugeot's set up is pretty good.
Peat
8 years and I don't think I've ever once opened the cap on the W.S.W.
res. and it's still half full.
On Jun 5, 2006, at 8:48 PM, N9TE wrote:
> OK. I've been staring at the whole battery/power distribution factory
> setup
> on my 87 turbo S and I have to say it's the definition of kludge.
>
> Most modern cars run the power distribution from the battery, outside
> the
> engine compartment, travel inside the fender and come into the
> passenger
> compartment. Our cars? Ha. A mishmash of wires, all taped, inferior
> components. There is a harness that combines positive wires and
> negative
> wires together(!) Combine that with a woefully inadequate battery
> hold down
> system will allow movement in this harness. There have been a few
> listmembers that have had catastrophic meltdowns in this area.
>
> The cars left the factory with this problem.
>
> An idea I've had for solving this problem? Relocate the windshield
> washer
> reservoir!
>
> Why is there a monstrous 1 1/2 gallon on the wrong side of the engine
> compartment?! How many of your windshield washers work WELL? Mine
> sure
> doesn't. The tube is bundled WITH THE WIRING HARNESS, goes across and
> behind the engine and then traverses back to the outlets. I'm
> thinking of
> two areas. One is in front of the stock air cleaner. The downside to
> this
> is that the available space is of an irregular size and the second is
> that
> the tubing will have to snake around the shock tower. My next thought
> is to
> mount a reservoir under the vent cowl! This will allow the squirters
> to
> have a near direct access to the reserve fluid. The custom reservoir
> will
> be an awkward size and smaller, but I've seen some outrageous and
> ingenious
> stock reservoir solutions. Anybody know how to make or who makes
> custom
> tanks like this?
>
> Any better ideas?
>
> My thinking is that the stock washer fluid reservoir has to go.
> Freeing up
> this space will allow for a robust and safe fused power distribution
> block
> as well as a space to mount the battery more securely. Although this
> whole
> mess I'm undertaking sounds like a bunch of fritter, it's rooted in
> safety
> and reliability. I loath the unfused power distribution.
>
> Looking forward to hearing what you all think.
>
> K o l l
> 87 S 5 sp
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