i was driving thru my friends neighboerhood lookin for his house, well i got lost made a wrong turn and i was speeding, to get back on track , well this street i was on was a tight little curve and my back end whipped but i strightened out the car but the car kept going stright. i ended up knockin down 2 lil trees, and tboned an oldschool oldsmobile and dead centerand moved that car to the side, my car died on impact,

now i really need your help in trying to figure out how to turn my car back on, i will post better pics later today. i wa thinkin my motor might have a fuse? anyone?
thank you and yes i do have an before pic

 

your trying to start your car ? from the pic im guessing the damage only went as far as the header so your motor would start i imagine except you wouldnt want to run it without replacing the radiator.. clearer pics would help a bit but i think u should tow it and repair it before considering even starting the motor

edit could check the fuses under the hood. the fuse box is on the left of the car battery..

 

damn I remember when there was like 3 threads a week a year ago or so that said they were speeding cause of a wrong turn and crashed.. shitt man.. good luck with the repair.. slow down next time.

 

ive checked the radiator its fine no leak. the fuses seem fine but which fuse em i looking for? the motor shirft out of place too maybe by an inch

 

Your probably looking at about 2g's for a cheap shop to fix it w/o paint. That was my experiance when getting into somthing similar to that but without frame damage. From the picture i cant tell if the frame rail was touched but since you hit your bumper support, Id expect frame damage and that can be quite costly.

i hope this helps and goodluck

 

ok its 9 am here im really tired. but i trying to figure this out , i press the clutch and turn the ignition key, the eletictric lights turn on on the gauges, as soon as i try to turn on the car, i don,t here a click for the starter, now weather my clucthis not lettin me turn on my car or my starter is not gettin juice, where is my starter at anyway, i have an 98 ex,

p.s. i did learn my lesson on speedin on curves, and sorry about that guy with that thread and his car

i the bumper support and my driver side where my strut bolts on too is out of place also .. right now my main concern is startin this car and go to work on monday, which i started last monday,

 

I think there is a switch that gets triggered while in a wreck. it turns off the fuel too protect against fire. I'm sure i heard something like that.
Anyone?

 

anyone second that?

 

i know that in a ford taurus there is a fuel pump switch in the trunk that gets shut off when in a wreck. ive never heard of it being in a honda, but i guess its possible. have you tried bump starting you'r car?

 

did your air bag deploy?

 

my bags didnt not deploy .. im kinda happy but pist at that fact,, and i ahvent tried to pop the clutch yet i willl now

 

sounds like you need to slow down there buddy

 

weird it doesnt start.. I hit someone and had pretty much the same damage as you, but my car started and I drove it home. lol. It would barely hold idle, but it drove.

how fast were you going?

 

U think? .... anyway I'm waiting for my boys to show up and see what we cab do... but I till than any other suggestions? Except for me to slow down on curbs, thank u typeb16

 

I was doin about 40 till I notice there was a curb ... again I didn't know the area.. Lesson learned the hard way huh?
How's ur car doing now? Lucky u it started... but I'm not even hearing the starter click

 

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40, eh?

So the back end comes out, you slide, take down a tree, then hit another car....Must have been a ******* hairpin. That doesn't happen at 40mph.

Anyway. Check your grounds. There's at least one I know goes to the front of the chassis from the VC. Looks like it's connected in that incredibly shitty pic (PS: Buy a new phone), but I'm not positive. Check the grounds to that location, that sounds like what the problem is (starter ground). Highly doubt you hit 'em so hard you blew a fuse....

 

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I've heard of that...but never on a Honda...at least not a civic...

 

my car is running fine. this was about 2-3 years ago when I had my wreck. I think I hit the person goin about that fast too.. anything come loose or...?

 

THe trigger wire on the starter may have come off. The little one with the black rubber boot. They are never too terribly tight anyways.

 

The starter is always going to be between the engine and transmission on any vehicle. Look under the distributor, youll see it.

Are the pulleys pinned down? Do they move?

You might want to check the clutch switch and the starter signal. Does the check engine light go on when you put the car in the on postion, then go off? Just another way to tell if your main relay is working and your fuel pump should be also.

 

The oil light doesn't not turn on wheni I click the ignition I hear the fuel pump I check the wires that connect to the starter nothibng yet... I poped ctarted the car and it started so that's a good sign...


I hit a lil baby palm tree that was 5" in diam and at least 3' feet tall, but other than that my car mostly slipped on grass. And my back whipped cuz I tried to stay on the road on the curve at 40 and my back end whipped, sounds werid but it happend.

And good to hear ur car is fine man

 

so it started? great news!

 

any other pics of the carnage?

 

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I hit a lil baby palm tree that was 5" in diam and at least 3' feet tall, but other than that my car mostly slipped on grass. And my back whipped cuz I tried to stay on the road on the curve at 40 and my back end whipped, sounds werid but it happend.

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sumone, sumone, sumone...huh, what am i going to do with you? man why you ain't call and let me know? i would of helped.

from your phone pics, look like your fucked. it can be any thing that's not allowing to get it started. most likely electrical. check the grounds first then work your way up.

actually your best bet is to give me a call on my cell, if you don't have it, your dad does.

peace!

 

check the engine grounds.