Second Motor
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Cargo Master
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We have a turbo to pan motor that just came out of a 110k mile truck. Truck sat for almost a year, threw a single battery on it a few weeks ago and it fired right up and idled perfectly. You could probably hook some fuel to it and get it running as it sits. $1500 turbo to pan. I have a feeling it will sit for a long, long time at that price since the last complete motor I sold was for $800 turbo to pan, and it sat for about 6 months at that price. But I know how good this one runs and if it doesn't sell, I'll try to find a truck to put it in.
We needed a motor a couple years ago and bought a complete turbo to pan motor out of Akron for $500. I know who bought that truck and it's still running strong today.
We needed a motor a couple years ago and bought a complete turbo to pan motor out of Akron for $500. I know who bought that truck and it's still running strong today.
I saw the price finally...oh man oh man!
Sounds like all the good ones are sitting over on the east coast!
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Because of our salt in the winter.
You just hope that when you go outside in the morning you don't find a motor and 4 tires, with a pile of rust in the middle.
You just hope that when you go outside in the morning you don't find a motor and 4 tires, with a pile of rust in the middle.
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Cargo Master
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I actually have not been out there during the winter, nor did I know it was that bad. But that sure made me laugh this morning!
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Detroit sits on a salt mine; they'll never run out. They also know that, by using so much salt and people there just resigned to replacing their cars when they rot out every x years, that salt mine is a gold mine for the local auto industry. Every car we junked in Detroit, we drove to the yard with a pretty strong motor and terminal structural rot.
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My buddy's Uncle had an old Chevy truck. They went hunting one weekend in it and my buddy said that he had to keep one foot up on the center hump, and one as close to the door as he could get it due to the floor boards being rusted out. They stopped to get something to eat that evening, and when they got out of the truck my buddy asked his Uncle if he wanted him to lock the door. His Uncle's reply was "Why....you can crawl through it anywhere!" LOL!!! I thought that was hilarious! LOL!!!
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That ^^^^ is how we got two of our cats, years ago. Wife is driving a '78 Omni, squeaking sound coming from the "back suspension" as she's going down I-94. Comes home, pulls in to the parking spot, and the squeaking continues, car not moving. Turns out it was two 3-week-old kittens, the mom had stashed in the hatchback by coming up through the rust holes in the back seat floorboards. Two g-d lucky kittens; they were sitting on the back seat as I-94 rushed by under them at 65 MPH. Mom and one kitten (gave away the other) lived with us for 20 years, WAAAY outlasted that Omni.
Before we left Detroit, I used to joke that they would let the potholes be filled "naturally" with little Geos and such falling in them. Now I'm not so sure it's a joke....
(Eeek, thread hijacked....)
Before we left Detroit, I used to joke that they would let the potholes be filled "naturally" with little Geos and such falling in them. Now I'm not so sure it's a joke....
(Eeek, thread hijacked....)
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From: Fort Polk Louisiana
Wow, I lived in PA for a long time, and never saw that! Must be your twp. I lived on a dirt road, so gravel was the main staple in the winter time. Our twp didn't use salt for the longest time. Maybe that's why our vehicles lasted so long rust wise.