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This video would be good training for those who actually work at salvage yards.
Recently had a used engine come in, complete, and they didn’t butcher anything and the harness was completely in tact, except by the main connector and if they had just simply taken 5 seconds to disconnect the harness instead of cutting through it, which probably took just as much time, it would have saved a lot of headache on our end. Tech had to pull the intake and a couple brackets in order to swap out the harnesses.
[quote=”Jasonw1178″ post=167158]This video would be good training for those who actually work at salvage yards.
Recently had a used engine come in, complete, and they didn’t butcher anything and the harness was completely in tact, except by the main connector and if they had just simply taken 5 seconds to disconnect the harness instead of cutting through it, which probably took just as much time, it would have saved a lot of headache on our end. Tech had to pull the intake and a couple brackets in order to swap out the harnesses.[/quote]
Yea, that’s common. One of the reasons I wanted to make sure it made it into the video.
Thanks for your comment.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, I don’t know how many times I have found a part I needed that was ruined by those types of things.
In a single word.. “KARMA”
Back in 2010 I was stationed in North Carolina. My co-worker had a 65′ Chevy stepside. And he told me about a pull part place near the base. Said they had many older vehicles. So one day at lunch he took me there and we just walked aorund.. Took pictures as I thought it was cool. I found they had a 62 Falcon ranch (woody) wagon. I own a 63′ wagon so many similar parts but that had more bling bling on it and it’s glass was in tact.
So over the next 2 months I made trips out there on Saturdays to pull parts off it as Saturday is all you can carry for $50. Durring this time I tell another car friend “Hey I found a 62 Falcon wagon at this place”.. Not thinking he knew another Falcon guy.. Well after that I notice someone also suddenly has interest in this car that has been there for 20 years or more. So it is like a war now, quickly get all the parts off the car before the other person. After a bit I run into my friend at a show, and by chance his other friend who he told the info to was there, and we start talking. Come to find out, it was him pulling the other parts off it. We talked more after that. I realized he needed help with parts and sources as he was just getting started. I removed an entire door from the junker vs trying remove the glass from the door. I just wanted the glass. He wanted the door. So I told him get the glass out of your door, and I will let you have this door.. So from that point on, we helped each other, I got a rechromed front bumper, he helped me swap it out and I sold him my old front bumper for much less than what he could get a rechromed for. I found bucket seats for a 62′ falcon, and he helped me install them so I let him have my bench seat.. So KARMA… can help you and it can hurt you..My case it helped us..ROFL Great video very entertaining Eric.
Did you ever thought in opening your own salvage yard?
i think you would do well.
great show keep it up 🙂[quote=”CordiaMad” post=167462]ROFL Great video very entertaining Eric.
Did you ever thought in opening your own salvage yard?
i think you would do well.
great show keep it up :)[/quote]No. I have plenty going on with ETCG. I don’t think I could handle another business on top of that. Thanks for your comments.
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