i'd be wary of that one!!
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Originally Posted by preppypyro
Its funny how you can do more research on past adds and find more problems. A truck like that is still pretty cheap if you have to put a tranny into it, if you can find a good cheap used one.
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Pic-a-part bingo
Originally Posted by preppypyro
You get it for 100 bucks just because you have to yank it yourself. Its like anything else a guy buys used, ya take a chance.
So if you have some time, and not so much money (or just enjoy the sport of it) and (ideally) have access to more than one vehicle so you can live with a little downtime, and you're doing all or most of the work yourself (so install/uninstall costs aren't killing you), this can be an educational and (relatively) inexpensive, even mildlly profitable (if you're good, and lucky) hobby.
The advantage of the pic-a-part yard is that you see the transmission (or other parts) in the vehicle, so you try and do some looking to increase the chances of getting a good tranny eg: signs of a tranny having been swapped into a now obvious smooshed vehicle (ie: it wasn't the tranny that killed it).
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when and while i can afford it, i go new. engines/trannies are a different story as the prices are way up there for new stuff... i guess for 100 bucks you could easily take it to be rebuilt or checked out at least...
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It also depends what your putting something used into. If its a legit restoration then why not rebuild it, have it like new. In wrecks case, it sounds like its more of just a beater truck.
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