my car got raped by a tree

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10-28-2009, 12:19 AM
macten

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my car got raped by a tree

so yesterday me and a few freinds thought it would be a good idea to go out two tracking in the rain, towards the end of our adventure we ended up encountering a large hill that we had to go down, i started going down it at about 10 mph but the brakes locked up and i started sliding all the way down the hill (very steep hill) and straight off of a corner over 3 small trees and into a very large tree..

heres the damage:

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i pulled the grille, bumper, radiators, radiator fan and radiator wall out today or whats left of them and no damage has been done to any of the pulleys on the engine or anything else. the engine still starts and runs perfect..it just wont go into gear. but thats besides the fact until i get the damage in the front repaired,

at this point it will cost about 900 dollars for me to repair this.

after repairs im planning on putting larger tires on it and opening up the wheel wells a bit with larger fenders also i picked up some nice euro tail lights.. before this happened and some pro comp 15x7 black rims...i need some nice tires to accomodate them, but those wont go on until the thing is fixed.

any ideas why it may not be going into gear after an impact straight from the front? it felt like there was no shifter cable there when i shifted it it wont even go into park it just makes a very quiet clicking sound if you try to roll it into park, i havent really looked into it that much yet but will be doing some work on it before winter comes.
10-28-2009, 04:41 PM
jetersaurous

:LOL:
it's ok, about 4 months ago i was hit by a drunk telephone pole
10-28-2009, 05:04 PM
oleshifty

GUESSING...you broke trans cooler line and are low on fluid.
10-29-2009, 11:01 AM
567234ta

WOW you really smacked that thing
10-30-2009, 03:54 PM
macten

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetersaurous

:LOL:
it's ok, about 4 months ago i was hit by a drunk telephone pole

LOL, hopefully no one besides the telephone pole was hurt. what kind of truck were you driving? did you total it

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Originally Posted by oleshifty

GUESSING...you broke trans cooler line and are low on fluid.

i checeked the dipstick and its dry, the bottom of the cooler was smashed in half, but wouldnt a transmission go into gear without fluid in it?

on another note i ordered a new grille and some other smal parts, i need to find a cutting torch so i can get the bent bumper mounts and busted radiator support off of the truck.
10-30-2009, 04:43 PM
oleshifty

torque converter runs try, trans won't do anything.
10-30-2009, 04:59 PM
jetersaurous

Quote:

Originally Posted by macten

LOL, hopefully no one besides the telephone pole was hurt. what kind of truck were you driving? did you total it

its the same truck im drivin now. the only major damage was done the bumper the hood and the left headlight. i got a new bumper, but need a hood and headlight now. there wernt any engine problems tho
10-30-2009, 07:55 PM
molitor

seriously dude, probably a bent frame binding up the linkage cable for the trans
10-30-2009, 09:06 PM
WARLOCK

No fluid = no movement = possibly Bad trans
11-28-2009, 06:11 PM
GT killer

Yeeeeeeaaahhh a tranny with no fluid will do about as much as your motor with no oil, fried clutches anyone?:LOL:
12-19-2009, 09:20 PM
truckinL33

Your front pump probably doesn't like you right now...I hope no one got hurt in your little adventure...other than your pride :rofl:

Seriously though, that looks like a nasty whip-lash could have occured or something.
01-19-2010, 04:45 PM
macten

update

no it doesnt haha, it was bleeding out everywhere when i started it back up, and im having a hard time finding a transmission cooler.

i have all the parts i need except the radiator and tranny cooler. got a paint sprayer to paint the quarter panels and hood,
03-03-2010, 11:55 AM
macten

well, i got everything put together except for the front bumper mounts which need to be welded on, heres a picture from last week

before
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._1611875_n.jpg

somewhat after not completed yet.
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._5559121_n.jpg

turns out the tranny is good after all, it actualy seems to shift smoother now.. LOL i had to replace the vacum booster because it has 4 quarter size holes in it causing the transmission to be stuck in 4wheel low. i lost all of my transmission fluid in that crash so thats why it wouldnt go into gear or anything :whack: but it works great now.

now i just need to find out why it wobbles at 10-20 mph mabye because two of the tires went flat over winter and were just sitting there and i filled them back up and they are now unbalanced, i didn't think it could be bent axles because you could feel that at all speeds.
03-03-2010, 12:46 PM
1fastchevy

tires are busted dude, your ready for some new ones fer sure. Could be alignment ? mud on the inside of the rims ? but them slicks arent doing much.