Hi. My sister recently lost her '04 HCH CVT due to the flooding in southern Indiana last week. It was completely submerged for at least a day or two.

I inquired about the salvage price to buy it back from insurance as a possible project car. They said around $2300. I have no problem rebuilding the engine and otherwise fixing it up, but I am wondering if it would be worth it. Are the batteries in a sealed compartment? I am reading they are $1000-3000 to replace. If not, would a rebuilt CVT be worth anything on the market? That is the only thing people seem to have problems with besides the battery packs.


Also-I have found very little technical data on the web. I was jsut going to buy the Helms service manual. Is there perhaps another more technically-oriented forum than this one?

Thx
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