A guy at the Pick-n-Pull in Mesquite showed me his $60 alternator trick and I still think about it

Grant Dixon · 2026-10-25T01:40:05.836061+00:00

I was pulling a rear caliper off a wrecked Civic a couple weekends ago when the guy in the next row over waved me over. He had a dead alternator in his hand and said his trick is to pull two of the same part, test both with a multimeter in the parking lot, and take back whichever one looks worse so the yard credit covers half his bill. It seemed kind of sketchy at first, but he had a receipt showing he paid $31 for a part that usually runs $80 at the parts store. He's been doing it that way at the same yard for 3 years. Does anyone else here do the pull two and return one thing, or is that just asking for trouble?

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