Expert guides on salvage yards, used auto parts, DIY repair, scrap pricing, and the Hollander interchange system.
A radiator is a straightforward self-service pull once you know where the hidden brackets and transmission cooler lines are. This covers the whole job, from fitment check to pressure test.
A starter looks like the same job as an alternator until you are lying under the car working a bolt you cannot see. Here is how the pull actually goes, and the one wiring mistake that can weld a wrench to a battery.
A salvage part that fails after install costs you the labour twice, because yard warranties replace the part and nothing else. Here is how to test one on your bench in about twenty minutes.
An alternator is one of the easiest wins on a self-service lot, as long as you get the belt tensioner and the engine code right. Here is the whole job, start to finish.
Half the yards near you never upload a single part to a national database. Here is how to search the layers that exist, and how to find the stock that never gets listed.
The badge on your trunk lid lies. The 17 digits on your dash do not. Here is how to read a VIN well enough to buy the right part the first time.
A used engine is the single most expensive thing you can get wrong at a salvage yard. Here is the inspection I run before I hand over money, in the order I run it.
Never pulled a part yourself? Here is exactly how a self-service junkyard trip works, from the phone call the night before to the bench test at home.
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From title transfers to removing personal belongings — here is everything you need to know about selling your car for scrap.
