Hello there, not too long ago I purchased an 00vi setup off another member. USPS decided they are not big fans of 00vi setups, and proceeded to throw the package down 8 flights of stairs, out a 5th story window, and run it over with a truck before dragging it several miles down the freeway. In a nutshell, much of the setup was destroyed or missing (the box had a gash in it). Thanks USPS!

Anyways, I held onto two UIMs (One was bored out for a pathfinder TB, the other was an unmodified UIM), and the LIM. All three sustained damage. My question here is what is salvageable, and what needs to be chucked.



Pictured above is the 1st UIM, which was bored for the pf TB. The vias is present and judging by the lines it was used for an 00vi setup. This angle does not appear to show damage, however if you see any feel free to let me know.



Pictured here is the 2nd UIM, with the VIAS not present. Many of the brackets are smooshed or otherwise bent. Upon close inspection it does not appear any hardlines were bent or sheared off, however again I may very well be wrong, so if you can spot any no-goes please let me know.



Bottom shot of the runners from the 1st UIM (i think? pics got mixed up). A chip in one of the runners is viewable on the closest runner shown, and some marring appears on the furthest runner shown. The chip does not go past the gasket, however, and I suspect some RTV may make this chip a non issue. Is this the case, or is that chip a death sentence?



Bottom shot of the 2nd UIM runners. A large chip is viewable here, and is by far worse on this UIM than the previous shown. Would RTV do the trick here, or is this one shot?



Probably the worst of it all. Shown is the LIM. The stud pictured is bent a few degrees off center. Would it be feasible to bend this stud back into place or retap it?

Thats all! I would like to note I have already obtained replacements of all the parts Ive shown, so if they are a total loss it isnt a big deal to me. If they are fixable, I suppose ill sell them for dirt cheap to whomever may be in interest. Thanks in advance guys!

 

The broken hose barbs can be drilled, tapped and replaced with brass hose barbs from your favorite hardware store.

95% of the brackets and hardlines on the uim are removed when installing in a 4th gen, so no big deal if they are bent.

The cracks outside of the gasket on the uim's are no big deal. Mine had a tiny chunk (much like the first picture of the crack) missing but the gasket still sealed. In that same picture it appears that the edge of the uim was scraped, I'd make sure that area will still seal on the lim.

When I had my 00vi, I removed the studs entirely and replaced them with bolts of appropriate length. One had to be shortened since one of the stud holes on the lim does not go all the way through the manifold.

 

Cool! Well then, unless anyone else has conflicting opinion I will probably be cleaning these parts up and selling them as is. Thanks for your help man!