An abrupt end to our camping season
Well....I should be sitting by a campfire enjoying some nice fall weather right now. We were going to try and take advantage of a 3-day weekend and get one last trip in for the 2013 season. Unfortunat...
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BobsYourUncle wrote:xaugievike wrote:
Front is punched pretty good, but fenders look fine, panel gaps are normal. Definitely torched I think the tranny cooler (front-most piece in front of the radiator). May have also punched the radiator too. Coolant was everywhere. There's a lot up there though, we will see I guess.
Your truck is pretty much the same up front as mine, aside from the GMC / Chevy difference.
Here is a picture of mine with the front end off of it.
You can see the trans cooler at the bottom front.
The next radiator you see there is the intercooler rad.
Then if you look behind that one you can see the engine radiator.
Mine got a new intercooler rad and rad support but the other two were ok.
Yeah -the tranny cooler is shredded for sure and there is some stuff into the intercooler. Cant really tell if it penetrated or not though....plus i cant see down to the lower parts that are covered by the pushed in bumper. The hood is pushed up, but doesnt appear bent and the fenders are actually fine. hoping the front frame sections didn't bend (or maybe i do?) and from what I looked at I dont see anything. I have a little concern about the steering wheel/column b/c I went hulkamania in bracing myself and felt like it moved in a weird way. I'll also want (demand) new seatbelts to replace the mine and the one my daughter was wearing.
