I was able to finish things up today.

First off I ripped off the hose setup off of the '96 for the heater control valve etc. Here is a picture of the difference between the 2. The extra hoses on the old one go to the pressure bottle which has now been eliminated.



I had some problems with the Hesco High-Flow T-stat housing sitting so close to the valve cover. I know Hesco sells a spacer for a few bucks, but I decided that I would just force the hose on and clamp it best I could. Notice the hose clamp on the upper Rad. hose is just a bit higher than I'd like. I may down the road get the spacer and put it in thier.



Here is a picture of the new heater control valve installed. This part is a must for the conversion. I stole it off of our '96, but it can be purchased at the dealer if need be. The part number is 56005900.



And lastly a pic of how I routed the hoses. I did notice that the hoses between the early (closed loop) and the hoses between the newer (open loop) are a bit different. I had to route my hoses over the top of the AC pump, whereas before they were routed behind it. I don't know if it was due to my BRX hoses, or if this is the way they are. Oh how sexy those blue hoses are...



Thier are 2 things that I have yet to address. 1) Overflow bottle. I currently just have a hose running to the ground. I have an overflow bottle on order and will get it installed ASAP. 2) Aux. fan. I plan on using a stock thermo switch on the t-stat housing to run it. At the moment I have the hole plugged.

And the total cost of this project.

CSF 3 Core Raditator - $180.00
Hesco High Flow Waterpump - $150.00
Hesco High Flow T-Stat Housing - $33.00
T-Stat - $13.00
BRX Hose Kit - $150.00
Overflow Bottle - $36.00
Clamps - $12.00
Fluid - $12.00
Misc. & Shipping - $24.00

Total - $610.00

I saved myself probally $50-$80 being able to steal parts off of the '96 for the heater control valve. I know many of you will say what a huge waiste of money. My responce is I should NEVEr had an overheating problem again. I know this project can be done for MUCH less as well; I just decided to go all out.

Future plans:

Temp Sensor w/Gauge
Hesco T-Stat Housing Spacer
Aux. Fan setup

You're right...about the 5th Element hair. That movie is weird. I don't get it.

Notice how Adam openly admits to STEALING parts off of my '96... I'm just glad it can be used for something.

rjontzen wrote:

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the conversion looks great....i especially like the hoses, i'd like to add them also but i had to look and mine goes around the ac pump...do they make other hoses? although i don't know if it would realy matter....also have you had any problems with the heatercontrol valve....i have gone through two that have cracked and then leaked

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My old hoses ran on the back side of the AC pump as well. The hoses I ordered where for my year XJ. So either a) they sent me the wrong hoses, or b) they do not make them that go on the back side of the ac pump. As you can see, I just ran them on the top of it. I've checked clearance and the hood does not hit it that way so I'm not really 100% concerned about it.

THe problem with my heater core is that it's clogged. I've had no problems with the valve at all thus far.

 

You have way to much $ to blow on things.

Looks good. Hope you don't ever have any more cooling system problems!