God I hate my local Junk yards

[Southern3.0]

I went looking for a rear axle w/ 4.10's in it today so I went to all 3 of my local junk yards.

None of the yards would let me walk around, I understand about liabilty and everything but I like looking around for sh*t I dont need.

None of the yards had what I wanted, just a '93 up rear Ranger axle. I dont care if its a 7.5 or 8.8, open or L/S I just want 4.10's

and one of the yards tried telling me if my truck didnt come w/ an 8.8 from the factory it wont fit on my truck, then they told me they wanted $250 for a 7.5 and thats when I just walked away


Looks like I'm gonna have to go to Tampa to find what I'm looking for

 

[peter@ncws.com]

preaching to the choir

I"m with you. Here in San Diego the majority of them charge within 10-20% of what I can get it new for. I always thought it was good to move your inventory but not here. Obviously there are people paying those prices so they think they can sell it to everybody for that. I'll just be patient and cruise craigslist and the internet for what I want to pay. Good luck.

 

[4Banger]

They are doing that because of the price of iron right now. If they don't sell the parts to you they will just sell the parts as scrap and get that much out of them.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Not quite, you can get $150-$200 for an entire car, a single axle should be worth significantly less at scrap price.

 

[krugford]

That sucks. I love the closest junk yard to me. They have a huge scrap metal yard nicely organized by type (pipe, plate, c-channel, etc). All you gotta do is ask if you can look around and you can drive your truck back to the scrap area. You pick it, weigh it, and tell them how much you got. They sell it for a quarter a pound and some of the stuff looks brand new. Their selection of vehicles is kinda limited for the gen 1 and 2 rangers though and you can forget about anything older than 1980.

 

[snake]

I'm with you. Junkyards aren't much fun anymore, now I just call and save the gas because they never seem to have what I'm looking for anyway. The "hunt" is my favorite part, snooping around all that devestation and tradgedy.

I shoulda been an insurance adjuster, I just love looking at crashed cars and seeing what is left for the picking.

 

[PARKINGLOT]

man, and I thought my local j/y was bad...they are usually okay, but on some random things, they WAY overcharge...

 

[v-8power]

Out of the 4 junkyards around here only 2 of them let you walk around.

 

[hairyboxnoogle]

Wow, that sucks... u-pulls around here are awesome compared to yours. You dont even have to tell em what ur wanting, just go out back and have at it. The bigger stuff like engines, axles, and trannys can be a lil spendy cuz if theyre good theyve already pulled em, but i went in got the 'FORD' emblems off of a 76, drivers window out of B2, front yoke for rear driveline, t-case shifter and just a wheelbarrow full of stuff, like 5.0 symbols... it was all like $25. Half the time if you just want something small like an under hood light, theyre like "eh, its yours". Tho they started this deal where its $1 to get in now...

 

[warhawk]

Yeah i kind of know how you feel. Usually my local junkyard is really good, but I called in to see about a 8.8 w/discs, L/S, and 4.10s. They wanted $500, I thought it was really steep but I was still ok with it until they said they also wanted my old axle for core value, and that they wouldn't take anything off the price when I bring them the old axle. I told them to forget it my axle was still good I just wanted the rear disc and L/S for an upgrade.

 

[Hahnsb2]

Look for the rear axle in an automatice B2, most had 4.10 LS (remember it is a 7.5) and its the same width as a gen3+ ranger...

 

[ranger1999 Bob]

some of the u pull are getting cute now too they charge you for the chrome and the nameplate on the fender as well as the core charge and by the time you buy a door which starts at $10 by the time they get you for all the stuff in it including glass bumpers and all its a ton of money.. its to the point where its cheaper to buy korean body parts if you need em than good used ones

 

[ZMan]

some of the u pull are getting cute now too they charge you for the chrome and the nameplate on the fender as well as the core charge and by the time you buy a door which starts at $10 by the time they get you for all the stuff in it including glass bumpers and all its a ton of money.. its to the point where its cheaper to buy korean body parts if you need em than good used ones

unfortunately the cheap aftermarket stuff doesn't fit half as good as factory stuff.

The thing I love about junkyards is when they try and tell me something like they actually know what they're talking about. I try to give them the benefit of the doubt and they end up being wrong just like I thought originally.

 

[Ozwynn]

I do like there cross reference books, but the yards here never have what I am after ..... most of the F/S GM's of my vintage have been sold for scrap. but they are full of RBV's and TTB F-250's.

 

[grumpyguy]

WOW, I feel sorry for you guys! At my local pick a part I can get ANY type of rear axle for......................................$95 canadian