xgeetx Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Accident today. Advice? Body shop said $1500 parts alone. Junk it? Any help appreciated will post more info soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 I love my E39 Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 beat up hood ghetto death. Sent from his LG-LS970 using Tapatalk BHGD Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 johnprusinski Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 now that I think about it, the only thing you will probably want from stewcrews car is the front core support. the fenders have been rolled with a fork lift and the hood fell on the ground when earl was taking parts off of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Earl Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 now that I think about it, the only thing you will probably want from stewcrews car is the front core support. the fenders have been rolled with a fork lift and the hood fell on the ground when earl was taking parts off of it. It was sort of tossed but who is keeping score=P It is still a really straight hood. Might have some rock chips. At least you didn't need a windshield... johnprusinski, xgeetx and KaiserRolls 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xgeetx Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'm wondering if my car wasn't lowered (thanks a lot Earl! ) if the damage would have come into the bumper instead of the headlight... although maybe it's better this way? You guys are all awesome. Unfortunately I don't have time to get in and take a look at it until Sunday . Any of you guys in the Milwaukee area interested in helping with an assessment in trade for some beer & pizza ? xgeetx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xgeetx Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 You might not want the fenders. We rolled them. With a hammer. And a forklift. So. Yep. Maybe some parts are salvageable. But most certainly not the areas we hit with a hammer. Or. A huge forklift. Earl more or less explained rolling fenders... how does a forklift work into that process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 KaiserRolls Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Well. Put the forks on the roof. Drop the forks. And slam it to the earth to get the stock bottlecaps to tuck. Having basically zero rear suspension helps as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xgeetx Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Wouldn't that be really bad for the roof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Earl Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Its a parts car. The car is being stripped and sold scrapped after everything useable is gone. The rear end got hit and Jake bought it for the motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jc43089 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 I also just remembered I have a headlight you can have for free, just let me know. No sidemarker/turn signal though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 6670charger Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Hate to say it, but on a car this age, unless you're absolutely in love with and devoted to this particular car, you're probably better off junking it and getting another. Maybe use this one for parts for the new one. I know where you're at, and would feel the same way about my other car if this happened to it, but, I'd have to make the same decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xgeetx Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Having trouble crow barring the hood open... any tips on how to manually pop a fucked up a hood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 I love my E39 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Hack saw it. you can always use hood pins later. Or replace the support beam Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xgeetx Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Got the hood open! The radiator expansion tank is completely busted, which now makes me think that my "hoping" the smoke/steam was washer fluid may have been an overheated engine after all . Which also means I'm a freaking idiot for thinking I could drive it off the freeway lol. I guess I was frantic. The radiator itself looks fine from the angle I can see it... the upper and lower hose connections look good and the aluminum "fins?" themselves don't have any coolant on them. The fan has some broken fins, so i'm not sure if that force pushed hard into the water pump. As you guys guessed, the core support/ radiator mount definitely need replaced. I'm not entirely sure about the bumper... it looks fine but where it mounts on the passenger side would probably need welded or something. Also, related to Earl's picture earlier, I think the fender mount is bent at the very end of the bar... not sure how fixable that is. It's not looking good guys Anybody have an extra expansion tank so that when I get a lot of the front pieces off I can at least start it up and see how it does, or is that a lost cause? As you can tell, I'm not exactly sure what the best "approach" is in this situation, and I don't want to waste too much money at a mechanic if I'm just going car shopping this weekend. Edit: Which temperature sensor sends information to the cluster gauge? I know there is a sensor on the passenger side of the radiator... that one is completely busted... but now I'm wondering if the engine temp is fed from a different sensor. Although the expansion tank was totally destroyed, the car never left 12 o'clock temperature... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jc43089 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 The one on the side of the radiator is for the aux electric fan in front of the radiator and A/C condenser. Only about 30$ for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xgeetx Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 The one on the side of the radiator is for the aux electric fan in front of the radiator and A/C condenser. Only about 30$ for one. Okay, thanks. So the one for my temperature gauge is actually on the engine? If my temp. stayed at operating temp the whole time, should I be safe with regards to an overheat or is it just too hard to say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jc43089 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 You are quite possibly fine, the temp sender for the gauge and ecu are both in the head itself, they are on the intake side below the intake ports around cylinder 2. I forget what year your car is but obd1 has 2 separate sensors, obd2 has both in one sensor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xgeetx Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Separate sensors for what? 1 for gauge and 1 for ecu? Mine is 1998 so obd2 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Earl Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Yours is OBD2. He means you have one sensor that talks to both the gauge and the ecu. OBD1 has two sensors. One talks to only the gauge and the other only talks to the ECU. If your gauge stayed at 12 o'clock you did not overheat your car. xgeetx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jc43089 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Yes, the obd2 sensor has 4 pins on the connector, you are obd2 in '98. The obd1 has 2 different sensors right next to each other, one has 1 pin and the other has 2. I have an Autometer water temp gauge so I replaced the gauge sender in the head with that one, I leave the stock sender plugged in hanging in the area behind the oil filter housing to roughly measure underhood temps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xgeetx Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Thanks guys. Earl, I'm going to post some more pics tonight to show the damage to that fender mount area. Also the piece of metal that wraps over where the strut bolts in and comes down to the front of the wheel well is pretty messed up in the corner. I don't think it affected the tire or suspension, but that may also be something that can't easily be repaired. When I post them, if you could give me a best guess that'd be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Accident today. Advice? Body shop said $1500 parts alone. Junk it? Any help appreciated
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