Loading…
11
Saw a guy at the junkyard pull a perfect alternator off a 1991 Taurus for $12
I was at Pull-a-Part over on Highway 99 last weekend looking for a door handle for my 97 Explorer. This older dude walks up with an alternator that looked practically new. Said he just checked the date code on it, it was only 2 years old. Someone probably swapped it and then junked the whole car for something stupid. Made me realize I should start checking date stamps on parts before I yank them off wrecked cars. How do you guys figure out if a junk yard part is actually worth the time to pull?
2 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In2 Comments
holly8983mo ago
Those alternators are pretty common and easy to rebuild too, so I wouldn't put too much stock in a date code on a part that's been sitting in weather. Chances are it was just good luck, not some secret trick to finding gold at the junkyard.
10