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Mine have dry rotted and cracked. Something I really didnt pay too much attention too till I noticed my battery was getting wet. Wet enough to cause quite a bit of corrosion on the positive terminal.
I called St. Charles, POTENTIALLY ONE left!
But I was wondering, has anyone else thought of a clever resolution for these? Another mod to replace them?
Any ideas?
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If it's just the hose that connects to the little plastic drain "funnel" that you need I would think that a piece of fish tank tubing would work just fine.
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Funnels broke!
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hey ask the guy on here who makes all the awesome small plastic parts noone can find - jason i think?
the guy who did the spare tire knobs and the roof rack things
looks like he does great work - i would buy a set too if he makes some
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He may have trouble making hollow pieces.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Put a smiley after you say that Bub.
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Even if Jason could make the basic shape in a solid form you could just drill out the hole for the drain. Shouldn't be too tough.
Back on topic... Unless someone has the little plastic funnels already removed you may need to call some of the salvage yards to see if they might have them.
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It's missing off of Boy's Ebony (replacement hood). I need to check to see if there's one on Wifey's Proton (may not be since hood came from a boneyard). I wish now I'd removed it from my crumpled hood before I trashed it.
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It caused some serious corrosion issues from draining on the battery.
I didnt see any of it because of all the heat shrink wrapping and covers my terminals have from the amp wiring.
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http://www.isuzupartscenter.com/part...iagram=4628085
#22 - $9.95
sorry this might be the same place st charles uses...
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Day-Um!!!
A hood blanket costs $230
I wouldn't mind forkin out $10 for the drain funnel though.
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yeah i noticed i could buy another vx for what a transfer case costs on there but it is a nice site to use for the diagrams and part names
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Originally Posted by tom4bren
Hey, is your blankie missing, worn out or just grimy? Mine looked nasty since it had NEVER been cleaned in 12 years (what "normal" person would bother?) and was covered with water stains and road grime. It looked like such complete crap I was too embarrassed to open the hood at car shows. One day I sprayed it down with Simple Green, quickly went over it with a bristle brush, rinsed it clean with the garden hose and now it looks like brand new! Took about 10 minutes.
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You can also remove it & spray it down with black Flex-Seal (or the Rustoleum equivalent) to make it all purdy again.
Right now, I don't have mine installed since I still need to source 2 more screws for the LineX'd insert with the VX logo. The ones I used on the other holes were too short & I'd already removed all of the studs.
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Do Rodeos or Troopers share the same piece?
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Prolly not even worth searching. It's available for $10 from the URL above. It's plastic so if you find a used one, it'll prolly break during install.
BTW, Rodeos & Troopers probably don't have that piece anyway since it's to drain the recess for the hood insert (which they don't have).
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