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don'r forget to figure in the cost of transportation
Shipping an engine by common carrier is a difficult job. You have to have the engine well contained in a box or on a good pallet, then you have to get it too the trucking company, and it usually has to be picked up from the trucking company. All the way around, it is cumbersome, difficult and expensive. And it costs a lot to go and pick one up also. I got a heck of a deal through a forum member this summer for a 3.0 six cylinder gas. Had to go 700 plus miles one way to pick it up. Fuel, motel, toll and a couple hamburgers soon runs up past $700.00. So considering your time and costs, it is probably a better deal to buy an engine for $1000.00 in your area then to run 700 miles for a $400.00 deal.
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But uh, not much in the way of customer service at all........[folks are usually polite, just don't deviate from the exact norm.]
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My biggest gripe with Pick-N-Pull is the limited time a vehicle stays until it's crushed. So far as customer service is concerned, many DC area salvage yards will pull parts for you, and have various popular items like taillights, AC compressors and engines already pulled and cataloged, but prices tend to be 3 or 4 times higher, and they never have half-price sales! Happy Motoring, Mark
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I just called the PNP and they said it is $150/engine plus $50 core. There are a few engines that were in cars that were clearly committed to the yard due to crashes....maybe I should pick one up as a spare...
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Its on my list of things to get.
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With my luck I'll pull the bad engine from somebody's parts car that was hit while it sat in front of their house......
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Speaking of engines....there is an 82 300TD in the boneyard with about 188K on it.....if I recall the odometer correctly. Drive up in your truck and I'll help you pull it.
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It won't be purring at all until I get some CV's.....
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I saw the car, the engine didn't look bad or anything the car looks like it was sitting in a bad part of town and got ransacked
The engine still had lots of oil, didn't see any thing weird under the valve cover... I would just fell better if it didn't have 198k on it. If it had wheels I would probably just take the whole car (spare trannie and such) |
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Does it mater if its came from a automatic vs. a manual? Mines is a manual. Nathan. P. S. I know I'll need to swap the flywheel and flex plate. Last edited by Caesium; 08-28-2008 at 10:04 AM. |
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Nope. I just wouldn't buy anything from anyone that requires a down payment to confirm that it is operational.
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How much is one with 80k on it but no compression test worth? (I have to pay a $100 core) came out of a crash
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80K sounds suspiciously low to me...
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It from a yard. I don't think its a hole in the wall type place
They say its 80k, came out of a crash, they don't do compression tests, they want $975 for it and theres a $100 core. It could have a transmission with it. I'm going to look at it later. Two other things what the rules about PMing here? And how much dose a 616 wight any ways? |
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