1965 Coolant Overflow Tank?
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:53 am
Hey folks -
My 1965 Caliente has a glass bottle on the side firewall that I have always believed to be a coolant overflow tank, however I have just discovered that it was instead intended as an (optional) resiovor for a supply of "windshields washer solvent." (As specified in the Master Parts Catalog as part number 19550). E.g. apparently you were to store some high concentrate solvent in the bottle to add to the water you used to refill the washer fluid tank.
That led me to researching a bit, and ultimately failing, to figure out "what is the correct coolant overflow/supply for my car?"
The MPC does not seem to indicate that there was simply no solution for the 1965 Comet nor the 1965 Falcon (nothing listed at part numbers 8A080 nor 8077).
Was there simply no overflow/supply for coolant on the 1965 cars? If there was a solution, what was it?
My 1965 Caliente has a glass bottle on the side firewall that I have always believed to be a coolant overflow tank, however I have just discovered that it was instead intended as an (optional) resiovor for a supply of "windshields washer solvent." (As specified in the Master Parts Catalog as part number 19550). E.g. apparently you were to store some high concentrate solvent in the bottle to add to the water you used to refill the washer fluid tank.
That led me to researching a bit, and ultimately failing, to figure out "what is the correct coolant overflow/supply for my car?"
The MPC does not seem to indicate that there was simply no solution for the 1965 Comet nor the 1965 Falcon (nothing listed at part numbers 8A080 nor 8077).
Was there simply no overflow/supply for coolant on the 1965 cars? If there was a solution, what was it?