You do know the solution to the problem of what I like to call "rat-frak" fees......

make sure your pockets are full of bolts, fuses and blubls.

The way I see it Pick'n'pull is owned by Schnitzer Steel their job is to recycle steel. so If you buy a fender, they charge a core, because they want your mangled fender in return so they can recycle it.... totally understandable. so when I see fuses and bulbs laying around I know they're going to become trash once they take the car to the crusher. I might as well liberate them and put the in my garage. it also makes the "rat-frak" fees easier to stomach.

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Thats stealin.

Holy Cow!!! Those are unbelievably cheap prices! I might have to take a drive up there sometime! That's worth the 5 hour drive.




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That doesn't work for me because I started doing that years ago to offset the ,first a dollar, then two dollar, price of "admission" to their freak show.

The only places I pay admission to are air conditioned. When they figure out how to do that, I will feel good about their stinkin' admission.

Delivery Valve. Forget it- those were the 50% off sale prices that ended Monday. Prepare to get shafted....

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

On some of those, even if you double the price, it's still better prices then what the yards charge here locally.



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- GreaseCar Veg System

Yes, Sure....

All the whole range of vehicles from Sprinters to heavy commercials. What you looking for...?

I know quite well a garage that just services light and medium commercial M.B. vehicles....

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Alastair AKA H.C.II South Wales, U.K. based member

W123, 1985 300TD Wagon, 256K,
-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.

W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....

Truly, admission to a junk yard is hard to stomach. However, if the place is paved, there is ample room between the cars, free to use carts and lifts, I can be coerced into paying the fee if it's not too exorbitant.

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1981 240D ChinaBlue (Got her running with a donor engine.)
1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof. (Electrical Gremlins)

^^ Well, it's one thing to have a '98 Ford pickup that needs a mirror. You go to u-pull-it and you reasonably expect to come away with the part. It's quite another thing to go looking for parts on a 30 year old Mercedes that may only have a 25% chance of being there. I mostly only show up for the sales these days. Despite the 11 cars in my fleet, there are too few of any of them left out there to justify regular trips to these yards. At least when they have sales I have a shot at batteries or tires that are worth the bother.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

I believe the admission fee has to do with liability insurance.

If you pay a fee (however large or small) and "sign in," you are entering at your own risk. If there is NO fee, it somehow increases PNP's liability.

Perhaps someone more familiar with the law can expand and/or correct that statement but I believe that is the case.

I don't mind spening $2 bucks to save $100 on parts I need. That's a no-brainer.

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1981 300TD "The Green Lantern"
1980 300TD
1983 300D Euro "China Cat"

^^ I don't mind spending the $2 when I walk out with parts. I do mind it when I waste my time and walk out emptyhanded ( but my pockets will be jingling anyway). Sure, they have to pay for liability insurance- so does everybody else. Put it in the final price of the product. When you see hundreds of dudes out there who slapped down $2 on a Saturday and run the numbers in your head, seems like another ripoff to me.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Important to note: the core charge is not discounted when there's a sale. I bought an engine at $90 (normally $180), but the core was still $50 (normally $50).

$140 for an engine is a good deal, of course. But I get frustrated over the principle of being exploited.

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'77 6.9
'75 280S
'74 280
'87 Porsche 944 turbo

What happens to returned cores? I'll bet they're thrown back in the yard for someone else to purchase. Oh look, someone already pulled the part I need!

Sixto
87 300D^2

No. The core pile goes to China where they make it into toxic drywall or milk or soft wheel bearings.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

The $2 fee seems totally fine to me. I always come away with something I need, and for a lot less than new, or buying a used part from a non-u-pull-it yard. I don't see the what the uproar is about. I suppose it helps that I have more than one vehicle, so eve if there's no good MB stuff, I can always pick up something I need for one of the Subarus, or the trucks.

Generally, when I have a bunch of stuff, including a large item or two, the guys tend to let me have the little stuff for free. If I only have a few small items, then I usually get charged the full price for those.

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1976 Mercedes 240D, unknown mileage
1977 Mercedes 240D, 225k
1992 Dodge/Cummins 4WD, 284k
1990 Subaru Legacy wagon, 330k
1991 Subaru Legacy wagon, 225k

Yes, the "taxes" the government places on environmentally responsible recycling is universally stupid. Try complaining to your reps!

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1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
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