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Did I pay too much for mirror assy? 900

posted by  spook on  Thu May 6 14:25 CST 2004
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Dear Dave,

Good p.m. and may this find you well. If there are no salvage yards in your locale at all, or none that keep Volvos on hand, I think you had no choice.

The best salvage yards are those that let you remove the part you need (by which process you learn how to install it). Most salvage yards in the US are net-worked: if they don't have the part, they can contact a yard that does have it.

My first resort, for a non-mission critical part, is a local salvage yard, that lets me do my thing. I make it point to ask before removing a small item, which removal could make a larger, valuable item hard to sell (e.g., I don't pull a molding strip from a door, without asking first if that's OK).

At such places, you can often find other useful parts - beyond those you need at that moment - if they have a low mileage car on hand.

I recently removed from a 93 960 with 113K miles, the rear window wiper motor and armature. The cost was $35. It's in beautiful condition. If ever I need one, I have it on the shelf, ready to install.

Sounds like Hans does much the same thing.

Hope this helps.

Yours faithfully,

spook






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