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Attacked by Suicial Raccoon in Driving Thunderstorm 200 1989

subtitle:can anybody tell me what else might be wrong? 1989 240DL sedan

Last Monday, during a severe rainstorm I ran over a large male raccoon as I pulled out onto the highway: I claim he was suicidal because he ran under the front, below bumper, just inside the passenger headlight, when I tried to swerve to miss him. Then from debris, or something else I hit I had a puncture of the right rear tire.
The amazing thing to me is how the vehicle absorbed all the damage, how it is still running, still drivable, sort of, and how this vehicle refuses to give up (approaching 200K) so I don't want to give up on it, my 3rd Volvo, either.
So far I know he crunched the right front of the skid plate, driving the plate up and shattering the radiator fan shroud, as well as the foil(?) heater tube running across the front of the car at the base of the radiator; the broken shroud flopped up and took a couple inches off the plastic blades of the radiator fan; somehow the shock broke the bracket holding the power steering fluid reservoir, and it splashed over to the underhood fuel injection fuse on the driver's side wall of the engine comp; then the raccoon or some body part somehow pushed up on the bottom back, front, or side, whatever, of the passenger headlight subassy.
This torqued and broke the headlight lens, which popped or was sprung off 3/4, broke the bulb, tore off a reflective strip that seems to have sealed the sub assy along the bottom? Oh and the turn signal lenses were cracked, still in place, but clearly need to be fixed, replaced, duct-taped, ??
The air dam is torn loose on that side, too!
What else could have been damaged I haven't found?
Where can I found an exploded diagram or illustrations, especially the headlight subassy--Volvo parts only sells the complete headlight subassy for $317 plus tax, the complete shroud for $312, and so on.
TIA for any suggestions, directions to other sites, or suggestions about how to get copies of technical manuals, refs to the pages I need--have looked at what is available locally and online, cannot find anything, and unlike previous vehicles, the Service people at Volvo tell me the complete set of manuals is more than the value of the car??






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