Junkyard Shopping
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RE: Junkyard Shopping
Is this for your 67 coupe? If so, you would be very lucky to find a 289 that was the original V8 in your 67, so you will probably be looking to find a decent 302. If you can actually start up the engine and see if it is blowing smoke or has rattling valves you will also be lucky. Just ask the junk yard owner if he has a Ford 289 or a 302. Any 302 will work.
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From: Citrus County, FL
RE: Junkyard Shopping
logic always told me if the car is smashed it was running when it got hit. if the body isnt messed up then SOMETHING else put it in the junk yard, and the engine may be done for.
food for thought
food for thought
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logic always told me if the car is smashed it was running when it got hit. if the body isnt messed up then SOMETHING else put it in the junk yard, and the engine may be done for.
food for thought
logic always told me if the car is smashed it was running when it got hit. if the body isnt messed up then SOMETHING else put it in the junk yard, and the engine may be done for.
food for thought
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From: Citrus County, FL
RE: Junkyard Shopping
well my thought was looking for a good rebuildable core....... but usally between looking at the level of damage to the body you could have a good idea of if it was bad enough to damage something or not. alot of times your simply unable to try and start a junkyard motor due to parts missing, or anything else. also you can obviously check the odometer.
odometer + appearance of engine (leaking pans and such) + condition of the vehicle = a pretty good idea of how well it ran or didnt.
anyways most yards give at LEAST a 30 day warranty which should be enough time to get it in the car and verify its condition.
odometer + appearance of engine (leaking pans and such) + condition of the vehicle = a pretty good idea of how well it ran or didnt.
anyways most yards give at LEAST a 30 day warranty which should be enough time to get it in the car and verify its condition.
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RE: Junkyard Shopping
ORIGINAL: my77stang
well my thought was looking for a good rebuildable core....... but usally between looking at the level of damage to the body you could have a good idea of if it was bad enough to damage something or not. alot of times your simply unable to try and start a junkyard motor due to parts missing, or anything else. also you can obviously check the odometer.
odometer + appearance of engine (leaking pans and such) + condition of the vehicle = a pretty good idea of how well it ran or didnt.
anyways most yards give at LEAST a 30 day warranty which should be enough time to get it in the car and verify its condition.
well my thought was looking for a good rebuildable core....... but usally between looking at the level of damage to the body you could have a good idea of if it was bad enough to damage something or not. alot of times your simply unable to try and start a junkyard motor due to parts missing, or anything else. also you can obviously check the odometer.
odometer + appearance of engine (leaking pans and such) + condition of the vehicle = a pretty good idea of how well it ran or didnt.
anyways most yards give at LEAST a 30 day warranty which should be enough time to get it in the car and verify its condition.
Again, if you want to buy an engine from a junk yard that runs when you buy it, then you need to hear it run at the junk yard before you buy it.
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From: Citrus County, FL
RE: Junkyard Shopping
i agree thats best (obviously)
it just from my experience its usually pretty hard to find a startable motor in a yard due to missing parts, car being smashed up, not having keys, etc so i wanted to give some pointers that increase the odds for success.
it just from my experience its usually pretty hard to find a startable motor in a yard due to missing parts, car being smashed up, not having keys, etc so i wanted to give some pointers that increase the odds for success.
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From: Salisbury NC
RE: Junkyard Shopping
you dont need keys if its an oldschool carburated engine with points ignition, if all the parts are there then just take a good battery and some jumper wires, run one jumper wire from the + post on the battery to the + post on the coil, (ground the battery) then run the other wire to the starter (wire needs to be really heavy, like a jumper cable or something) if you can get gas into the carb and spark into the plugs then engine should hit a few licks at least, if you can get it to hit then try rigging up a small gas tank so you can let it run