SO... the fuel pump went out on my 1997 convertible 3.8l when bringing it from Dallas to Kansas City. We put it on a Uhaul car dolly and towed it to KC without any issues. The pump didn't outright die, it just quit working properly. In KC I was able to start the car, back it onto some ramps and do the pump swap with no issues. Car started up, brought it off the ramps and parked it for a few weeks while we attended other events.
Came back to KC to drive it home to Florida. After opening and closing the door a few times without any problems as we were loading it I noticed the door developed a 'click' when it was opening or closing. Inspection showed that the point of the door was rubbing the fender. We didn't have time to deal with it as this was Friday and we needed to be in Florida by Monday. By the third stop for gas the drivers side door wouldn't open all the way, whatever was shifting was shifting badly.
Not having time to deal with this because we had to get home the front drivers fender is now fully trashed. The door is hitting it about 2 inches into the fender. I'm sure the door is trashed too because it's a full on bench press to get the door open. The fender has also crawled up the A-pillar about 2 inches now as well. The fender feels tight, looks right up by the headlights, it is raised a bit higher at the back of the hood as compared to the passenger side.
I know very little about cars and nothing about body work (it's the only part of the car I wouldn't mess with when going through the car to get it running).
Sorry for the wall of text, just wanted to make sure all the information was out there. What happened? Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Came back to KC to drive it home to Florida. After opening and closing the door a few times without any problems as we were loading it I noticed the door developed a 'click' when it was opening or closing. Inspection showed that the point of the door was rubbing the fender. We didn't have time to deal with it as this was Friday and we needed to be in Florida by Monday. By the third stop for gas the drivers side door wouldn't open all the way, whatever was shifting was shifting badly.
Not having time to deal with this because we had to get home the front drivers fender is now fully trashed. The door is hitting it about 2 inches into the fender. I'm sure the door is trashed too because it's a full on bench press to get the door open. The fender has also crawled up the A-pillar about 2 inches now as well. The fender feels tight, looks right up by the headlights, it is raised a bit higher at the back of the hood as compared to the passenger side.
I know very little about cars and nothing about body work (it's the only part of the car I wouldn't mess with when going through the car to get it running).
Sorry for the wall of text, just wanted to make sure all the information was out there. What happened? Any thoughts?
Thanks.