Junkyard animals
Junkyard animals
Just spent most of the morning and early afternoon scouring junkyards looking for an extremely common and readily available air intake box and tubing from a late 90s to 2000s van.
I went to 5 different pick your own yards, and must have looked at in excess of 25 vans looking for this airbox. I found plenty of partial or damaged airboxes, but every single one was missing the top cover.
I don't understand people who rip stuff out of their way, and fling it around in the yard or off in the woods. I usually try and remove something so as not to destroy it, and place it in the vehicle when I go. This component is attached by rubber nubbins, its so easy to remove and requires no tools that I see no reason why most were wrecked.
The one good lower section I found happened to be randomly sitting in the bed of a ford. someone had thrown the thing like 3 rows. I was carrying a lesser quality lower section and saw it sitting there, so partial score.
-Rant over-
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
-Rant-
Just spent most of the morning and early afternoon scouring junkyards looking for an extremely common and readily available air intake box and tubing from a late 90s to 2000s van.
I went to 5 different pick your own yards, and must have looked at in excess of 25 vans looking for this airbox. I found plenty of partial or damaged airboxes, but every single one was missing the top cover.
I don't understand people who rip stuff out of their way, and fling it around in the yard or off in the woods. I usually try and remove something so as not to destroy it, and place it in the vehicle when I go. This component is attached by rubber nubbins, its so easy to remove and requires no tools that I see no reason why most were wrecked.
The one good lower section I found happened to be randomly sitting in the bed of a ford. someone had thrown the thing like 3 rows. I was carrying a lesser quality lower section and saw it sitting there, so partial score.
-Rant over-
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
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larsalan I guess I need to look at this stupid ass drip shit. What you have to like mess with those elements on the pump? What a fucking hassle. then use some wire to hold the throttle open or some shit?
Simpler=Better
07-20-2013, 03:04 PM #2yarp, dicks everywhere. Although when it comes to difficult interior parts on a hot day I have 0 patience and hulk smash!!!
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617.952-220k-Getting built up
larsalan I guess I need to look at this stupid ass drip shit. What you have to like mess with those elements on the pump? What a fucking hassle. then use some wire to hold the throttle open or some shit?
I'm new to junkyards and was shocked by the revelation. It seems to screw up the business model of the JY, but I see them roaming around every time I show up.
raysorenson
07-20-2013, 09:48 PM #3Do you guys have the copper faction in your yards? Here in B'ham AL, battery cables go first. There are people who come to the yards only to get the copper and they do it on a daily basis. They'll rip an interior apart to get a chunk of harness, destroying all sorts of good parts just to get a buck or 2 in copper.
I'm new to junkyards and was shocked by the revelation. It seems to screw up the business model of the JY, but I see them roaming around every time I show up.
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
Haven't seen that thankfully. I agree, that definitely ruins the yard business model. I'm surprized the yards down your way allow it
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
Newbie-read this: Cheap Tricks
617.952-220k-Getting built up
larsalan I guess I need to look at this stupid ass drip shit. What you have to like mess with those elements on the pump? What a fucking hassle. then use some wire to hold the throttle open or some shit?
Simpler=Better
07-22-2013, 09:01 AM #5Why don't you tell the yard that they're stealing copper? Down here it's like $1/foot for wiring harness, so there's no way that would ever fly
Newbie-read this: Cheap Tricks
617.952-220k-Getting built up
larsalan I guess I need to look at this stupid ass drip shit. What you have to like mess with those elements on the pump? What a fucking hassle. then use some wire to hold the throttle open or some shit?
1987 300SDL 6spd manual om606.962 swap project
1985 300td euro 5spd wagon running
willbhere4u
07-22-2013, 09:32 AM #6I wanted to get a speedometer cluster once and someone smashed it! and took one needle out of it
1987 300SDL 6spd manual om606.962 swap project
1985 300td euro 5spd wagon running
raysorenson
07-22-2013, 05:56 PM #7I guess you guys would just have to see the pull a part here in B'ham. The shit that goes on there is unreal. I've had guys come up and try to walk away with parts I just removed. Walk away with my tools. Some of them see me diligently working and expect me to stop what I'm doing to explain myself to them. It seems foreign to them to see someone who knows what they're there for. There are so many of them there just aimlessly wondering around and just sort of loitering. I would film it if I didn't think it would get me kicked out.
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