"This" salvage yard advertises in Hemmings--they are NOT inexpensive, &
all they do is pull-off a part, with no 'guaranty'; I bought Horace's
steering gear-box from them, for $250.00, plus shipping & , to judge
from the external-condition of its 'housing', AFTER I removed the
black-paintwork, that lares Corp applied, after they overhauled its
internals,
the general-physical-condition of that gearbox must have been HORRIBLE.
But, Lares WAS able to do a TERRIFIC (for $600.00!!!) overhaul of that
gearbox, & I DO recommend Lares (notwithstanding their price) as far as
"quality" is concerned.
I 'took' Lares' O/H'ed unit, stripped-off their crummy black-paint, &
wire-wheel-polished
the Wrecking-yard unit, & installed it. If anyone
is interested in O/H'ing their P/S gearbox, Horace's gearbox IS
available to be bought by you ($200.00--hey, I'm cheap!) & sent-out by
you to "wherever", for O/H, so you can install
IT into your car (incurring no 'down-time', or Risk-of-loss, etc) and
then sell YOUR car's unit, to somebody else, who wants/needs to O/H
THEIR gearbox!!
AND, FINALLY, I realize that you should NOT
expect to receive "NOS" quality, from ANY wrecking-yard, but there's
ALWAYS a bit of
"shock" to see what your big-bux have bought, via "mail/sight-unseen",
from a long-distance-wrecking-yard.
Neil
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