Going to JY and robbing an 88LX tomorrow... anyone need anything?

[MONSOON]

When I got my Festiva from the scrapyard they were more than happy to do the even swap. I thinks there were 2 reasons,the Escort weighed so much more and Id helped them out by weighing trucks at my job for them on the sly.

[quaddawg]

You wouldn't BELIEVE the cars they crushed today.. Most ran..

Scrap car bodies went to $310 a ton here this week... wow.. that makes some big cars worth close to $600 crushed.. they pay NOTHING for most.. crush 20 or 30 at a time.. to them, it's just $15-20K, easy... they don't care...

I did save my Suzuki Swift GT... it was sitting there, ready for me to haul home.. SO, I got it, and my messed up 5 speed..

Anyone know if the reverse out of my 4 speed will fit in this 5 speed? I know NOTHING about the internals of these trannys...

[Axlander9289]

I remember hearing that the internals were identical aside from the prescence/lack of the 5th drive/driven gears. If you have an arbor press handy, a little transmission surgery may be doable.

[scitzz]

It makes me angry, whats salvage about crushing cars. They even knew they had a potential parts buyer in guaddawg and they still cant wait to destroy it.I dont get the mentality, esp from a business point. Is there even $75 worth of scrap metal in a festiva ? Besides, you could sell some parts and still have the scrap value.

I take "junk" cars to the salvage yard near me, with a certainty they will be crushed right away. I get $9.15 per 100lbs. Plus, I can usually get $75 or more for the cat. When you figure in the amount of time to crush compared to the amount of time to sell the scrap, it probably works out better.....

[Biglay5150]

Same thing happened to me today but it was a good thing. I called the j/y Thursday about my running b6 and told them I would be there Friday to pull it from the 323 it was in. She said $150 if I pull it. Didnt make it Friday but went today (Sat) and there it was on the ground waiting for me. She already cruched the car. So after a little haggle I got it for $100. and Ill give her a blown up motor for scrap. I saved $50 + labor/time and got rid of a pile o junk in my yard. Coooooool!
Bob

[lost_festiva]

I can usually get $75 or more for the cat.

Can you enlighten me on this? I have a couple cats pulled from different things in the garage. I didn't know what to do with them, but didn't want to put in the trash.

[scitzz]

Call around to local scrap yards for a start. If you list them on ebay "for precious metals recovery only", I understand you can get even more, although I am sure some people buy them to replace a bad one on their car. A cat can have up to, I think, 4 grams of precious metals in them. The scrap yard I goto pays as little as $50, up to $125. I find it quick and easy just to sell to them there....