My day at the scrap yard...( A funny story)

[catlin_cava]

So i needed to go pick up some parts at the scrap yard today...Show up at 8:30...they open at 9 but let me in anyways since I know them...I get my tools and take the 5 minute walk looking for the Car i need for parts...Find it...My old 97 MK3, go up to it to remove the Caliper and Rotor...ALLEN KEY BOLT!!!! Really now .... Fight for 2 hours to take the entire spindal off, caliper rotor EVERYTHING...Btw the car is sitting on a truck frame, Driver side in the ground...Finally get the set up off... ... Throw it as hard as I can to the car  WRONG SIDE.... Go back down to the shop...get a Bumper Jack...Take the field truck and drive back...get the truck stuck in the mud...carry the jack the last 150feet...Jack the car up enought to remove the Driver side set up...wait NO ROOM TO WORK...manage to take one of the caliper bolts out, pry up a bit on the pry bar....Break the Pry bar...%@*$&....get mad...throw the hammer at it rotor falls off...Caliper then comes nicely off...back up everything...100LBS of junk drag it back to the truck...5 minutes of rocking the truck...get it out...BANG...Backed into a topaz...get stuck again...BANG into a ranger .... 5 hours at the scrap yard to get some brake assembly... 15$ for everything i had lol

[burn_your_money]

One of those days eh...

[1outof5]

15$  one side costs 45$ in my local scrapyard ...

[catlin_cava]

One of those days eh...

Yup... I sold it for 50$ lol I was only supose to get one side but I manage to get both,  ... I Know the scrap yard owner well, I;ve been doing business with him for a couple years now

[catlin_cava]

thats always good lol. I love going there and half the stuff is out and your out quick lol.