1999 s70 - Treasure hunt at the junk yard

Post by **kallekula** » 13 Mar 2015, 15:27

Pick Your Part has a 50% off sale this weekend so I went up there this morning. Was just planning to buy an air intake pipe but ended up with this instead:

Nissen radiator, Bilstein shocks, coolant bottle, brake pads and rotors (looks bad but it's just surface rust).

Seat covers in decent condition.

Post by **dosbricks** » 13 Mar 2015, 18:52

Nice haul. Nice covers are getting harder to find.

Post by **scot850** » 14 Mar 2015, 00:02

OOH! Nice haul. Makes me want to take a run back this weekend! We don't have the 50% off, but do get up to 40% this weekend!

Neil.

Post by **kallekula** » 30 Mar 2015, 21:47

Went to the bone yard today to get some volvo parts. Didn't find anything of all the stuff that I needed. But, I got these horns off an 89 Cadillac Deville. Did a quick test in the garage when I got home and they sound pretty sweet and LOUD

Post by **erikv11** » 30 Mar 2015, 22:24

Nice haul I love the Caddy horns.

FYI those Bilstein struts may be mismatched: the black ones are usually TC, the yellow ones are HD.

Post by **kallekula** » 31 Mar 2015, 00:41

erikv11 wrote:Nice haul I love the Caddy horns.

FYI those Bilstein struts may be mismatched: the black ones are usually TC, the yellow ones are HD.

Yeah they sound really good. The 4 note setup with A C D F horns would have been even better but I couldnt find it.

Struts are both bilstein but different models I know. Car seems to handle ok and it was cheaper/less work than replacing the spring seats that were both shot.

obayha · Post by **obayha** » 31 Mar 2015, 06:51

The seats look in pretty good shape. I found and good set and switched sides, so they will wear different, and clean and mink oil them well and they should be good to go for awhile.
I hear there is a mostly Volvo pick/pull here in Charlotte, N.C., but haven't check it out yet.

skloon · Post by **skloon** » 31 Mar 2015, 08:51

The trick is to go before the sale and hide all the parts then come back - always thought of it but never tried

Post by **abscate** » 31 Mar 2015, 09:35

Very bad karma....the kind that simultaneously fails your radiator hose and cooling warning light...