SolSuperman
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I have what looks like a coffee can inside my 1987 bronco custom. I have never seen this before and I would like to know what the purpose of it is. Does any one know?
Coffee can under the hood? Help please
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Hey SolS
Welcome, that's a vacuum holding canister. They often get rust holes in the bottom and cause problems with vacuum leaks.
Most guys replace them with the newer plastic tanks.
Welcome, that's a vacuum holding canister. They often get rust holes in the bottom and cause problems with vacuum leaks.
Most guys replace them with the newer plastic tanks.
This is the best part of the ford bronco.....the coffee can.
you'll never see anything like it anywhere else!
i mean talk about needing a part to finish, and finding a coffee can on the floor and saying "hey will this work?" i love Ford, and this was by far the best decisions they ever had.
i wish they had kept it in there. my 94 has it, but my 96 they switched it to a different style.
Ford is the only one who had/has common sense engineers building thier vehicles
sorry, this wasn't the place to say all this, but i just HADDDDD to comment. lol
you'll never see anything like it anywhere else!
i mean talk about needing a part to finish, and finding a coffee can on the floor and saying "hey will this work?" i love Ford, and this was by far the best decisions they ever had.
i wish they had kept it in there. my 94 has it, but my 96 they switched it to a different style.
Ford is the only one who had/has common sense engineers building thier vehicles
sorry, this wasn't the place to say all this, but i just HADDDDD to comment. lol
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Makes you think that some engineer went into the break room one day and this conversation transpired:
"Hey Bob whatcha workin on?"
" Aw I gotta come up with some design to reservoir negative engine preasure"
"Heck man that shouldn't be too hard......Hey coffee makers empty, hand me that can of Folgers there will ya."
And the rest is history!
"Hey Bob whatcha workin on?"
" Aw I gotta come up with some design to reservoir negative engine preasure"
"Heck man that shouldn't be too hard......Hey coffee makers empty, hand me that can of Folgers there will ya."
And the rest is history!
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FWIW..,
GM used these as well. And.., I'm sure you know they never held coffee.
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Can mfgrs. made them for auto industry. Their thinking, if they held foods/liquid for decades.., they would surely hold air, or in this case vacuum.
The usage was to (check me on this) operate (open/shut) flaps/doors under the dash. Also on some yrs. they assisted the windshield wipers.
GM used these as well. And.., I'm sure you know they never held coffee.
/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />Can mfgrs. made them for auto industry. Their thinking, if they held foods/liquid for decades.., they would surely hold air, or in this case vacuum.
The usage was to (check me on this) operate (open/shut) flaps/doors under the dash. Also on some yrs. they assisted the windshield wipers.
Seabronc
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The function of the vacuum canister is to provide vacuum for the dash controls when there is a low vacuum condition in the engine, like when you are going up hill or just stomping on the gas. For example, if you don't have it, your air would switch from the output vents to the defrost vent when you have a low vacuum condition.
Like Bully bob said, some older cars had vacuum operated windshield wipers and needed a vacuum reservoir for the same reason as above.
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Like Bully bob said, some older cars had vacuum operated windshield wipers and needed a vacuum reservoir for the same reason as above.
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