Hey guys, I'm considering revising my cooling loop in my sandcrawler ( http://thebestcasescenario.com/forum...=25683&page=18 look at the last few pics at the bottom of the page). I'm hoping some of you might be able to point me to the right products.
Currently in order to drain the system, because it's too big and heavy to flip over, I have to uncap the two cylinder res's on top of the rad, screw in nozzles with tubing pieces attached, jam my air compressor hose into one, run the other tube to an empty bottle, pinch shut the short tube connecting the two res's, and literally blow the liquid out of the system.
However, the dual cylinder res's are unecessarily heavy, block airflow somewhat, prevent me from using bigger (thicker) fans, and I'd originally only put them in for looks. Unfortunately with everything closed up they just look dark and featureless, so to facilitate bigger fans and thus better airflow, I want to replace them with one of those on-pump res's; the pump sits much lower down and there's plenty of room for this:
http://www.koolertek.com/computer-pa...5-224p2234.htm
However, I'd still need to be able to fill and drain the system the same way as I do now, since I would be unable to put the pump/res combo at the high point.
Here's my question: do any kind of nozzle/valve products exist to facilitate this? I foresee a couple of options, as shown here. The tubes allowing the liquid in and out of the system would be capped during normal operation:
Not sure what's out there, and if there's no type of cut-off connector I can always pinch the tube shut like I do now...
Thanks!!!