[diceman50]

The plastic on these units is stronger than it looks and appears to be the same on all the different brands I have worked on. A friend brought me one that he had run a screw through the heater core. I took it apart to see if I could repair it and it took about an hour with a chisel, pry bar, and hammer.

You said you auto crossed the truck some. If you had any passengers maybe one of them used it to brace themselves.