How to find used auto parts?
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Topic: How to find used auto parts?
Posted By: modirt
Subject: How to find used auto parts?
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 10:00am
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Is there a central clearing house / website, etc. that a person can go to find used car and truck parts? I'm thinking salvage yards or even guys parting out wrecked cars? Seems like having to call around to salvage yards would be an inefficient way of doing it.
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Posted By: Kansas99
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 11:13am
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For years a scrap yard in Hays advertised on the radio they had a national car part locator. I don't know what they meant as I never went there for a part that they didn't have but I am assuming they could look through inventory of other yards that were in on the locator. ------------- "Thank you for your service Joe & the Ho"-----Joseph Stalin |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 12:41pm
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yes, that use to be common as Kansas says... dont think you can get access to the same site as far as i know. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: iowallis
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 2:04pm
| Car-part.com is one site I use for searching for old car parts. |
Posted By: dee_veloper
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 3:12pm
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Posted By: modirt
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 4:25pm
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So far....no joy. Part in question is for a late model Toyota Rav 4, the positive battery cable and related wires. Dealer referred to it as a wiring harness assembly. Part new was quoted as over $1,100 from dealer. I imagine there would be similar autos.....totaled after rear end collision.....that would have entire front clip still intact. While a ridiculously expensive part, it is not something you think of as a big ticket item. Ideally, you could search the Internet for it by part number. Otherwise, no clue how to find individual parts like this one other than start calling. At some point, after spending too much time on the phone, would be cheaper to buy the new one. |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 5:34pm
| Junkyardog.com - nation wide lots of guys on there |
Posted By: Trawler II
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 5:37pm
| Modirt, Is this a gas engine or is it a hybrid? |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 6:21pm
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take the harness off the truck... lay it on the floor and start building a new one to match. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 6:35pm
| ROCK AUTO ?? |
Posted By: modirt
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 7:06pm
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Harness got repaired. Shop doing the work had replaced another a week or so back......mice had chewed through it. Good news is they saved remains and were able to make one good one out of two. Happy ending. Good to know there are the other options. I'm telling folks that no matter what they may think of that hunk of junk out behind the barn, somebody wants it or something off it. Don't trash anything. Hard part is to pair up the guy with it to guy wanting it.
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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 7:58pm
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Usually, most wrecking yards have a tel-a-type system, which if they themselves don't have the part you're looking for, they'll send it out on the tel-a-type and they may be able to find the part needed in a day or so from all the other yards in state and out of state. Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2022 at 12:16pm
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https://www.car-part.com/%20" rel="nofollow - https://www.car-part.com/
For many parts you can find them on a site like this that has adds and a a list of who has what ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2022 at 2:00pm
My computer says that's not a working site.
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Coke-in-MN wrote:Posted By: bikley
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2022 at 2:44pm
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http://www.carparts.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.carparts.com/ try this
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Posted By: iowallis
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2022 at 3:14pm
Without the dash between car and part it will take you to a new car parts site. Do a google search of car-part.com (don't use the highlighted link) and it should take you right there.
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Posted By: bikley
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2022 at 4:12pm
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I tried it twice and it worked fine |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2022 at 8:50pm
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I used the site looking for a transfer case for my 2000 GMC but ended up rebuilding the unit in the truck myself . $60 for clutch pack parts and couple bearings and was back on the road . The link I put up was a actual link from site - can't understand about the - (hyphen) but whatever works . ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2022 at 1:00pm
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