Re: [Chrysler300] power break vacuum reservoir - reply

["Don Verity" <d.verity@xxxx>]

Hi John,
The vacuum tank on the 61 Windsor I parted out was indeed partially under
the battery tray in the engine compartment. Different brackets than the
under the fender style too.
300ly,
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: John Hertog <crossram@xxxx>
To: William Barrie <blueweststudio@xxxx>; 300club
<Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 2:57 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] power break vacuum reservoir - reply


> Hi Bill,
>
> Yes, Dave Clelland is 100% right - the tank mounts INSIDE the driver's
side
> wheelwell, all the way at the front, to the rad. support bolts.
>
> I am curious about one thing - you state: "where the diagram in the manual
> shows it to go; under the battery tray,..." ; what manual are you
referring
> to ? if it's the service manual page 5-1, it's wrong, shows a '57 type
> installation.
>
> The supply vacuum hose for the reserve tank will run from the booster, all
> the way forward, under the battery tray, thru the rad. support, and thru a
> hole in the front fender to mate up with the intake nipple on the vacuum
> tank.
>
> John Hertog
> Sag Harbor NY
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Barrie" <blueweststudio@xxxx>
> To: "300club" <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 4:41 PM
> Subject: [Chrysler300] power break vacuum reservoir
>
>
> Dear friends,
>
> I have tried every concievable way to mount the vacuum reservoir tank
> where the diagram in the manual shows it to go; under the battery tray,
and
> yet, no mounting holes seem to line up,nor do the bracket bends coinside
> with the contours of the space. When I purchased my "G", the car was apart
> and it came with two identical reservoir tanks.The integral attaching
> brackets are bent in the exact same manner on both, so I did not suspect
> they needed re-bending in any way.The tank is a cylinder about 12 inches
> long.
> One flange has a 90 degree bend in it with three holes ( one is elongated
> and the other two are round with a 1and1/4 inch center to center spaceing.
> The other flange is 12 inches long with a slight bend in the last two
inches
> with a hole. The tank looks to be about the same shape as the one in the
> 1960 chrysler repair manual,but the flanges are different. Do I have the
> wrong tanks or am I overlooking something else?.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Barrie Oblinger
> P.S. If they are the wrong tanks, anyone
> have a trade or one for sale?
>
>
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