I’m keeping my beloved Yetrude. I bought her back for $625. I found a replacement tailgate and taillights for $180 which seems really reasonable. Yes it’s black not silver but that will just add to her character.

Thank you so much for this thoughtful and thorough reply! The Newcomers guide is fantastic. Will definitely check out the never leave in the junkyard- I will do my best to harvest as much as I can store. Yetrude is the Swedish name of my best friends Farfar (grandma) and when my wife and I first got...

The date for Surgery is set !! My mechanic at Vol-Tec in Portland will be receiving both patients on Monday and the swap begins on Tuesday!! I will have the engine & tires swapped and the heater core replaced at my mechanics - then have the husk of Yetrude towed to my home where I will commence ...

Engines are both out and Yetrude’s body was towed home on Monday the 1st. I am working out of town for the next few weeks so my house mate got her positioned in the back yard for dismantling. Frankentrude should be done at the mechanics sometime the week after the 4th of July...hopefully - turns out...

This week Yetrude's engine will be installed! The big news is that the gig I have been doing out of state has turned into a permeant job! This is fantastic as it means I can return home for good and actually live in the same home as my wife for the first time in 3 years! However it also complicates ...

Wish I had gotten a final set of pics before the salvage man hauled her away. I took EVERYTHING! Door handles and latches, weather stripping, bulbs, every sensor I could expose... EVERYTHING from the interior down to the sound proofing! Even got the elusive master cylinder with booster!!

Thanks Neil ! It seems to be well reviewed on Ebay - for what that's worth. I decided to try it. I recently relocated for work and lost my great mechanic, so I am hoping to be able to do more troubleshooting and repairs on my own. It's coming from the UK and I am in LA - so it will be a while before...

So many great answers... and now so many new questions... I think I will start a new survey to help me decide which brand(s) to go with for rotors and pads... As far as hoses mine were replaced about 3K miles ago before I bought YETI (my White 99V70XC), my 95K calipers were swapped on when Yetrude's...

UPDATE! Unit arrived yesterday and after charging the laptop I went out to Yeti and plugged er in. Unit scanned perfectly and gave me all my vehicle info and ran a diagnostic. Hurrah it works!!! Found the fault in my SRS. Pretty sure it has to do with me swapping the seats out from my donor car, but...