LS engine drop out resources

[daytonayellaz]

You can do a search of salvage yards on http://car-part.com/.

I tried that last year when I was looking for my first LS motor, you can find them on there..... The price sounds great at first...then you find out they cut the harness, that they strip the motor of all accesories, starter, ECM, MAF, TCM, alternator and on and on. Then they charge you big $$$$ for each one of these items to get it back complete again, and you still have a butchered harness and missing all the bolts!


I have seen the way some of these companys pull motors......I used to drive a rollback for a while for a friend who owns a salvage yard. He networked with several yards and I would go to pickup/ drop off cars and parts to other yards. I sometimes had to wait if they were not finished pulling something. I have watched engines dangling 3-4 feet in the air by some wiring, or hoses etc and these guys will get out the side cuts or box knife...and ...yup you guessed it..SLAM right on the ground from 3-4 feet some times more depending on how tall the guy is doing the job. I have watched them also violently work the levers up and down on these giant front end loaders that have forks that they use to lift the cars....until they literally shake the motor out....and again...SLAM right on the ground. It is a sickening sight to watch. Im not saying every place is like this, but the quality of the extraction is only as good as the guy actually doing it....not the guy sitting behind the counter taking your phone call and your money. This was 15 years ago when I worked there....My Dad worked there for years, my business was slow and the owner asked me to drive for him some....It turned into a year. I could tell you a lot more stuff I saw, but wont.

Dont want to sound hard on these companys...there are some places that do a good job.....but still cut the harness and charge you for every little piece that bolts onto the long block. Which is very expensive in the end, plus you dont have any of the bolts to reattach the stuff. As I said in the very begining...I was on this site and called several companys and all said the same thing and in the end was to expensive for me.....but Im not independantly wealthy either...sooooo????

This is how I ended up finding my hook up for these engines....after beating the bushes for months finally found some one who cares....actually he likes CASH It takes hours to pull a motor the way my guys pull them...thats why they look so good and complete.

Just be carefull, ask lots of questions!