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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: Baron VonZeppelin on May 17, 2010, 02:34:05 am
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Thought i'd start this thread to give folks a place to brag on latest victories/finds in their area BoneYards.
I scouted a place last week, then was on pins and needles all week until I get back there this past Friday. They aren't the cheapest around - but fairly priced mostly.
Excellent almost new pair of mk2 Jetta drip rail weatherstrips/moldings. Never have found or seen a pair this nice before - was stoked ! $15 pair
Nice 4 button steering wheel. $5
First one I've ever found in a BoneYard - that was cool.
GLI jetta rear spoiler in good condition. $10
First time found one in 1 piece.
Vane style mk2 Diesel vacuum pump $10
First mk2 Diesel i've yet to come across in any BoneYard around here.
Mint pair of 200mm rear drums from a 92 Gasser, for my 81 Truck.
Timmken wheel bearings look like new. $20 for pair
2 reverse/upshift tranny switches and a bag of Miscellaneous.
$ Free
Gonna try and go back later this week for more stuff.
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Rear bumper for my Dodge, Complete front driver side quarter of the car and roof....20$
;D
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GTD intercooler with all piping and mounting stuff, plus a couple of electric window switches and an impeccable taillight, 30 euros. :D
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Almost complete cylinder head for ALH TDI with camshaft, injectors, intake (not usable anymore though lol) $75 :)
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I love junkyard gold. :D There is a small junkyard about 15 minutes from my house that always has a great variety of cars.
I got a complete rear axle from a GLS Jetta with the disc brakes, disk brake proportioning valve, e-brake cables and the sway bar tube thingy for something like $100. I forget the circumstances but one of the catty Mexican ladies who works there called me something like a "stupid white boy" in Spanish (I think because they tried to charge me for the price of a pickup truck axle and I argued with them about it), not realizing that I speak Spanish. When I got angry about this, she offered to let me have the leather wrapped steering wheel and e-brake handle for free. I then accidentally dropped the e-brake handle and scuffed it on the pavement but not so badly.
At the same yard I have also found a BMW 3.5 big six cylinder head that was new, in a box, in the trunk of a car, they charged me the usual price for a 4 cylinder head ($35, apparently the cashier can't count). I also have bought many rare parts for my '75 Fiat Spider for pennies on the dollar. My Jeep buddies and I have found a lot of good Jeep stuff there too. The real goldmine for Jeeps was when that car scrapping thing happened last summer. We all put leather, heated seats from luxury SUVs in our beat up old Jeeps.
I may have the opportunity to go to Spain as I have a close friend from there who wants me to help him bring a classic Mercedes-Benz to the U.S. I will need to make some trips to the Spanish junkyards for VW GTD parts. :D
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Today I snagged a rusty squareback with a complete engine and a buggy made from a '56 bug all there but no engine.....$100 :D. Also grabbed a some aircooled cases, cranks, cooling tins and some other random stuff.
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THis was a few years back, but in Daytona Beach I grabbed the gas combustion heater & everything associated out of a '73 Thing for $20... never got around to installing it, and later sold at a swap meet for $250.
There was a beach buggy rental there that had a bunch of Things, they scrapped them all because of rust, I grabbed every little plastic trim bit and hole plug for my '74 I was restoring.
Further south on US 1, towards Canaveral was a yard that had tons of loaf bus & vanagons sitting in it, wish I had access to that one right now!
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Yeah that DAB upullit yard has had gold in it at times, but lately its just got new garbage in it (but face it, most of our cars now live on in Chinese goods somewhere). I found a cherry 3rd row seat for a W123 MB and leather MB R107 (coupe) seats for peanuts that I later sold for big bucks. I used to do well on Rabbit parts over the years ( several heads, transmissions) but there's just not as much now. That yard used to be rockin' when it was independent, but now LKQ has its mitts on it...
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There were five diesel caddy's in the middle of the desert near Palm Springs
3 tailgates, all the doors and hoods and fuel tanks where mine for the taking...
I listed and sold everything.....
My fav is my new 1980 black dash assy in the factory boxwith cluster from a dealer for 100.00
best turbo was a new T3 in the VW box for 225.00, Giles traded me for a pump OHC !
GB
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Man, you guys in Cali have gold in your yards! All we have in the mid-west is rust. :'( :'( :'(
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I've found lots of great stuff, and rare stuff in the local scrap yard, they recognize my car and know me on a first name basis so i get some good deals. I've got things from chrome interior door handles, to aftermarket parts, to a near complete 1.8t complete swap for $450.
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WoW! I'll get typer's cramp listing all the good stuff I've got at the Pick a Part yards. 3 1Z engines,1 AHL engine, 2 1.6 diesel engines, several injection pumps, angel eyes(halo) round headlights fom Cabby, Caddy and Cabby body parts, 2 TDI trans, 2 diesel 1.6 trans, close ratio trans. The short of I don't buy many new parts(don't have to!)
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I just got a Gear Vendor overdrive for ~$100 at a local U-pull ;D
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Absolutely amazing....you guys still have "you pull it" lots??? Mk. II's???
Wow....I haven't seen EITHER for over 20 years here. (whimper, whine)
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I just got a Gear Vendor overdrive for ~$100 at a local U-pull ;D
Want to sell it? :)
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I'd rather trade its Ford C6 bits for NP205 bits, but all options are on the table.
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Absolutely amazing....you guys still have "you pull it" lots??? Mk. II's???
Wow....I haven't seen EITHER for over 20 years here. (whimper, whine)
Yup I know one, I drive in talk with the owner, then go into the lot with the truck, load up on stuff then leave lol. I Usually Never Pay lol. Except when I grab big things
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only time i pay, is when i go to the junk yard during business hours. they have midnight specials all the time! damn near every day! hahaha..
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lot of good stuff from junkyards, best one is 10 minutes away from my house, usually have about 20-30 jettas in there most are MKII's alot of gas but also alot of N/A diesel, best buy ive had there was a complete 1.6 TD with mint T3 lol the owener said it didnt run and had spun a main, so i got it for 100 bucks, took it apart found nothing wrong with it lol, used alot of the parts of it to rebuild my engine haha, ive also found the upper weather stripping there, mint bumber off a 92 jetta, countless center consoles, a mint rubber shift boot (i like them better) plus tons of just small stuff and all the europoean style fuses i could want ever, lol not a single vw there has fuse left in it lol
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Picked up a 1.6 NA with a FN 5 speed transmission w/all linkages complete with injection pump, intake and exhaust manifolds, alternator and ac compressor for $227. The car had a blown headgasket at some point so the cylinders were a little rusted from antifreeze. The transmission shifts as smooth as butter.
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Got both front seats and rear seat with the middle fold down part, all 4 door cards, all window weather seals, heater control unit, headlight switch, trunk carpet, window cranks *black ones ashley* mirrors, and all window regulators for 70.00
seats and cards are near mint.
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Grabbed a rear sliding window for $35.00 for my 1981 caddy. ;)
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I got a diesel tach for $25.00 :)
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I'm still waiting on full details, but the mechanic that did the alignment on my Outback heard me say I usually drive my VW diesel. He asked me if I would be interested in one. He said he fixed it for someone years ago and they never paid. It has been sitting for 3-4 years in his backyard junkyard and doesn't run now. Body supposedly is in good shape. No rust. He said it is a Jetta but not sure of the year. He wants $300 for it so that he doesn't have to take it to the crusher. Maybe a junkyard find :o
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I'm still waiting on full details, but the mechanic that did the alignment on my Outback heard me say I usually drive my VW diesel. He asked me if I would be interested in one. He said he fixed it for someone years ago and they never paid. It has been sitting for 3-4 years in his backyard junkyard and doesn't run now. Body supposedly is in good shape. No rust. He said it is a Jetta but not sure of the year. He wants $300 for it so that he doesn't have to take it to the crusher. Maybe a junkyard find :o
No rust......I'd be all over that. I'm more of a hatchback guy but any vw diesel without rust would be nice.
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Yes, same here on the hatchback over the trunk! We are lucky here in the south--No road salt. They don't start salting the roads until you get into North Carolina, and that is minimal compared to northern states. Of course it is extremely hard to find the turbo 1.6's that are common in Canada, down here.
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Refresh my memory....how does an American bring car parts across the border legally?????
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My friend didn't have any problems at all. Of course he was just bringing a longblock back for me. He claimed used auto parts at the border, they gave it a glance and let him right through. Probably not as easy for a whole car.
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Does CraigsList count?
Just got a COMPLETE brown interior for a Mk2
(Brown is difficult to find in good condition, as everyone throws it away when they find a black set)..
Door cards, Knee bar, Door handles & cranks, sun visors, rear seat, center console, etc...
from an 85k mile garage queen!
CL ad said free interior for a Mk2,
so I figured it was likely shot, but took the drive because it was brown.
Turns out it was PERFECT and beautiful.
It will be quite the compliment to my Sahara Beige..
First things first, though:
Gotta make some new Vapor Barriers so the new cards do not suffer the same fate as the old ones!
-Brad
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they had 2 different colors of beige?
my rabbit is Mojave Beige.
has the ugly brown interior too. all of it. i want black and grey bad..
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We don't have much in the way of bone yards around here, but talking of brown interiors, I have a wish list of brown mk2 trim if you have any lying around.
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R.O.R - yeah, Mojave is darker, and golder,
Sahara is almost a khaki with metallic..
I love this car for being a period piece,
Gold body, brown interior, carpet, 85, orig Turbo Diesel,
good ol' school mid 80s stuff. (at least on the exterior)
I also have a set of factory brown rubber "VOLKSWAGEN" floor mats,
and a set of NOS "Jetta" mudflaps that sit 1" from the ground.. as in:
(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss9/jettagli16v/jetta/th_P2280060.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss9/jettagli16v/jetta/?action=view¤t=P2280060.jpg)
Jasons:
I have lots and lots of brown trim,
what do you need specifically?
Email me directly: [email protected] for faster service!
If I werent working late tonight, I would have gone off on another CL hunt,
saw an ad for "VW Motor and Transmission, $50" with no other details.
Assuming it is just an 8v gasser, I'll offer him $40 for the trans and engine accessories, and put ANOTHER 020 in my spare bedroom...
-Brad
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I picked up a complete and i mean complete TDi swap at the local pick and pull. Pedal assembly, shift cable, trans, wiring, ecu,fuse panel, cluster,turbo, down pipe, all hoses and of course the very nice looking ahu with 121,000 on it for $400. I sure hope it runs! I'll be attaching a radiator and battery this weekend and hopefully running it on the cherry picker!
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I picked up a complete and i mean complete TDi swap at the local pick and pull. Pedal assembly, shift cable, trans, wiring, ecu,fuse panel, cluster,turbo, down pipe, all hoses and of course the very nice looking ahu with 121,000 on it for $400. I sure hope it runs! I'll be attaching a radiator and battery this weekend and hopefully running it on the cherry picker!
i really hate you right now..
like.. really.. >:(
great score tho!!
hope it goes in something worthy ;)
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I love this car for being a period piece,
Gold body, brown interior, carpet, 85, orig Turbo Diesel,
One of my local best friends has the exact same car as his daily driver.
85 TDGL exact same colors in and out as yours.
I scored it for him about 3 years ago.
My 85 TDGL is White outside / Brown inside.
I have most everything to switch interior to black/grey.
Might stay with Brown if i come across better door panels (lower ruffaging >:( ) My seats are still pretty nice.
G R E A T S C O R E ! on the Mintastic Brown interior on CList !
Hi Five Man
I'd spray the backsides of the door panels with 3M undercoating or RhinoLiner :o
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Black MK 3 center console complete $5
Gasser fenders mint 20 bucks
Toyota cup holder free
Scirroco seats 10 bucks a side ;D
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We don't have much in the way of bone yards around here, but talking of brown interiors, I have a wish list of brown mk2 trim if you have any lying around.
Where are you located and what are you looking for? Please send me a message.
I am slowly replacing my mk2's brown interior and potato sack upholstery with something more contemporary.
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scored 4 155/80r13 Blizzak snow tires from the tire shop. They were mounted and ran less than a winter all have 95% or more tread 120.00 out the door.
I am tired of too much power in the snow/ice around here. With all the mods I did it really will break the tires loose in the summer, but in the winter with the anti friction additive *snow* I can rarely get traction.
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Just scored some Caddy stuff to unload eventually:
OEM Rear slider: $20
Lower timing cover: free
Rear bumper INNER end caps: free
Grill (Rabbit sedan style): $13
Misc craps.
They just opened a new pick and pull outside of Nashville a few months ago. A 1990 Jetta GLI hit the lost about 2 weeks ago, and I guy I know got the Recaros for $50. They're in really nice, usable shape too. Now he's trying to sell them for $300!
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I am tired of too much power in the snow/ice around here. With all the mods I did it really will break the tires loose in the summer, but in the winter with the anti friction additive *snow* I can rarely get traction.
Can't you just pull 1 or 2 spark plug wires and drop some power ?
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I am tired of too much power in the snow/ice around here. With all the mods I did it really will break the tires loose in the summer, but in the winter with the anti friction additive *snow* I can rarely get traction.
Can't you just pull 1 or 2 spark plug wires and drop some power ?
LOL!
I could unhook the lda to the turbo...that is what happens, try to lug it a little and as soon as it makes 2 psi boost then it has enough torque to break free. On second thought the lda really doesn't come on strong until about 8 or 9...maybe I could loosen some injector lines ;)
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90 amp bosch alt $35
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complete MK2 Jetta...Its a secret on the price since i"m going to be parting it out soon ;D
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I guess this is the right thread for this but the other day I was at the junkyard looking to get parts for my truck and I found an advertisement and coupons for Kragen Auto Parts...
they expired in June, 1983, that's almost as old as I me...
I guess it's proof that some people never clean their cars.
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complete MK2 Jetta...Its a secret on the price since i"m going to be parting it out soon ;D
you know what I am looking for.........
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complete MK2 Jetta...Its a secret on the price since i"m going to be parting it out soon ;D
you know what I am looking for.........
Yes I do, It will be Stored in a Shed for you when you eventually get your ass to Bathurst ;D
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I scored integra projector headlights for 20 bucks. The plastic housings were damaged but the aluminium bits are in good shape. I also scored a mint rain tray, weighted shifter rod, adjustable mk2 mirrors, headlight switch, and have to go back for the manual moon roof. total for the day 35 bucks.
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Got a set of deeza brand control arms with ball joints and bushings from amazon for just under $25 bucks shipped ;D. That's slightly cheaper than ONE deeza ball joint which is what I needed. Within an hour or two the price was back at $42.67 each.
I'll be pulling the bushings and replacing them with prothanes.
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I recently discovered this place up in the Catskills... VW Parts Inc in Fleischmanns, NY. Hopefully they didn't get washed out too badly last week, that town got hit REALLY hard by the flooding from Irene.
All VAG late-model vehicles, a couple of acres of them. The photos concentrate on the vans, but there's a healthy cross-section of VAG product in there.
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/mccavittj/2011-08-08_09-49-48_564.jpg)
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/mccavittj/2011-08-08_09-50-01_820.jpg)
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/mccavittj/2011-08-08_09-49-36_197.jpg)
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/mccavittj/2011-08-08_09-53-48_274.jpg)
Syncro Adventurwagen!! :-*
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/mccavittj/2011-08-08_09-51-42_976.jpg)
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/mccavittj/2011-08-08_09-52-28_102.jpg)
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Snagged a saab turbo thermostatic sandwich plate and it's oil cooler for $20 hehe.
Same jy also does glass so asked 'em about a rabbit windshield, they actually had one in stock!!! ;D ;D He said they'd had it for about 8 years so I bought it, $220 installed which is more than I wanted to pay but now I don't have to stare through cracks and spiders......It was bad. I got hit by a rock a couple years ago that instantly spidered out 6-8 inches and then over time spread top to bottom and side to side. That combined with the oooold cracks that where bubbling inside the glass and misc rock chips and massive sandblasting made it a hazzard to drive especially into the sun.
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Found a diesel rabbit local with a PERFECT windshield..........go figure, I just bought one last week.... The people want me to come take it away. It's rusty junk but it's got lots of good parts and hasn't been looted like my current parts car. ;D
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Syncro Adventurwagen!! :-*
:O !
One syncro, please! :)
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http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/2600360866.html
Not mine. Not Syncro. But kinda cool. I know its OT a bit. But someone mentioned Adventurewagen and this came to mind..
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Just scored a VR6 120amp alternator, and water pump pulley..
FOR $40!
time for a serp conversion!
(on the gasser of course, because i dont have a TDI crank pulley, or a TDI/1.8T harmonic balancer)
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and a VR6 aux coolant pump, but i pulled it off a audi 200 turbo quattro..
FREE99!!
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and a volvo 240T oil cooler assy...
$23 for the thermo plate, lines, cooler, and brackets..
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It's amazing what one can find while touring the back roads nearby.
Lookee what I found....
A total of 11 Caddys in the same field. :o :o :o
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/stewardc/8Bunnytrucks.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/stewardc/Oldcars011.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/stewardc/Oldcars012.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/stewardc/Oldcars013.jpg)
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That field of caddys is a thing of beauty! Last time I was at the junkyard I picked up the euro sport header that I am using in my jetta build. The time before that I got a set of recaros that were freshly reupholstered for 25 bucks (and buy one get one free!), and a neuspeed short shifter +weighted shift rod for $10. I love spending a day out there every few weeks <3
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That field of caddys is a thing of beauty! Last time I was at the junkyard I picked up the euro sport header that I am using in my jetta build. The time before that I got a set of recaros that were freshly reupholstered for 25 bucks (and buy one get one free!), and a neuspeed short shifter +weighted shift rod for $10. I love spending a day out there every few weeks <3
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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(http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/153/dcb3a7d0ced94f43b8f9b1cd9092b48f/l.jpg)
Got it for free. Not that I even need it for any of my cars, but I will use it to build my VNT engine mounts and make them universal
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Just bought a tweco spray master 400 A mig welding assembly. Still has the original tip in it. The guy didn't like it, so he bought another brand. He 'thought' he paid over 100.00 for it and I agreed that he probably did pay more than that...what do you want for it. He replied " you can have that and all these tips and the gas diffuser and guard for 20.00." I had the money out before the period ended his sentence.