About a month ago the wife had an accident with her TB. She is fine, that's the main thing.
She slid on a section of ice on a sharp 90 degree corner and slid into a retaining wall. Liability insurance only of course, not full coverage.
The accident ripped the front bumper cover off, dented the passenger side fender, broke the passenger side headlight, cracked and ripped the passenger side inner fender liner, broker the fan should, bent/mangled the bumper reinforcement, and bent the passenger side frame horn.
I took some rough measurements just to see how bad it was. Frame horn was moved in about 5" and down 2". Mostly in front of the radiator/core support. But the frame did bend a little behind the radiator/core support as well. The radiator was pushed back just on the passenger side but I didn't measure that though. I had to remove the fan/shroud assembly to drive it home. It was less than a mile.
It runs and drives still. But if I bring it to a body shop to fix it "the right way" it's a total loss I bet.
Can I run it with no shroud, just the fan? I saved the wires/harness/sensor for the clutch fan from the cracked shroud.
I mean will it still cool the engine at all? I could remove the fan track from the shroud. The shroud is cracked already.
When idling for an extended period of time it get a little hot without the fan.
I need to get the TB running. Even if it's rigged for now. The replacement vehicle she picked (I advised against this one, 2008 jeep patriot 2.4l 5spd) just had the clutch go out within the 2 weeks of buying it. So money is tight.
And I'm a little on the stressed/pissed side as well.
I'm hoping to find a shop to pull the frame only just to get it straightish so I can get a bumper and fender on it my self. It would be nice to have an extra vehicle.
It would be a shame to scrap it. Especially since I just bought tires for it and had the rack/pinion replaced.
She slid on a section of ice on a sharp 90 degree corner and slid into a retaining wall. Liability insurance only of course, not full coverage.
The accident ripped the front bumper cover off, dented the passenger side fender, broke the passenger side headlight, cracked and ripped the passenger side inner fender liner, broker the fan should, bent/mangled the bumper reinforcement, and bent the passenger side frame horn.
I took some rough measurements just to see how bad it was. Frame horn was moved in about 5" and down 2". Mostly in front of the radiator/core support. But the frame did bend a little behind the radiator/core support as well. The radiator was pushed back just on the passenger side but I didn't measure that though. I had to remove the fan/shroud assembly to drive it home. It was less than a mile.
It runs and drives still. But if I bring it to a body shop to fix it "the right way" it's a total loss I bet.
Can I run it with no shroud, just the fan? I saved the wires/harness/sensor for the clutch fan from the cracked shroud.
I mean will it still cool the engine at all? I could remove the fan track from the shroud. The shroud is cracked already.
When idling for an extended period of time it get a little hot without the fan.
I need to get the TB running. Even if it's rigged for now. The replacement vehicle she picked (I advised against this one, 2008 jeep patriot 2.4l 5spd) just had the clutch go out within the 2 weeks of buying it. So money is tight.
And I'm a little on the stressed/pissed side as well.
I'm hoping to find a shop to pull the frame only just to get it straightish so I can get a bumper and fender on it my self. It would be nice to have an extra vehicle.
It would be a shame to scrap it. Especially since I just bought tires for it and had the rack/pinion replaced.