what a deal!

[VehiGAZ]

Man, I love self-service junkyards!! And I miss them too - I haven't been to one in over 10 years. :-( There were 2-3 good ones in the St Louis area that kept my '79 Volvo tip-top. If it wasn't a distinct engine part (i.e., alternator, starter, AC compressor) it was $5. I filled a bucket with interior and exterior trim bits that would have cost me hundreds or even thousands at a dealership, but it was $5 there!

I went a couple of times just for fun - smash some windows with a hammer, look through the possessions left behind in junkers, warm my hands by the fire burning in the 55-gal drum on a cold winter's day... ah, the memories of youth!

[Chopper]

I still haunt the Daytona U-pull-it a couple times a rear.

[Ldub]

MAN, I thought I got a deal...all three for $20, but since they were already removed & stacked neatly in the back seat, I guess I don't mind paying a bit more.

Still, you got a great deal.

And yes, I too love my local salvage yards...just wish there was even one VX.

[etlsport]

yeah i love u-pull-its too... i try to find one in most of my vacation spots heh just for fun and u never know what u find... i found a really nice condition '56 bel air body in a yard in VA.. too bad i had no place to store it! apparently its gone now

ok the plates are on now... i guess the main plate was a little bent or something because it took a whole lot of work to get all 4 bolts seated and the 4th took a whole lot of work to tighten down all the way... now im a little nervous that the plate is touching a bar (im guessing its a torsion bar?) that runs front to back of the VX it looks like the plate has an indent to let the bar pass safely but its not seated quite right... is this gonna be a problem... anything i can do to fix it other than bending the plate (cranking the bar up 1/2" or so?)

[orion]

The torsion bar doesn't move up and down, just twists. so you should be fine.

[Ldub]

If you make contact with something big & hard (read rock) with that r/f plate, it CAN, & does collapse onto the front drive shaft & makes one helluva racket as the allen bolts rub against it...been there...
No big deal if you carry wrenches with you.

[etlsport]

cool, thanks.. now i can take the vx out for a test drive w/ the plates to make sure theres no annoying rattles! was afraid to drive w/ it like that cause i wasnt sure how the torsion bars worked

thanks for the tip ldub... i always have a decent sized set of rachets.. at least 1 spotlight and many tie downs/bungees/rope/blankets/random other useful crap in my vx

[Triathlete]

If you make contact with something big & hard (read rock) with that r/f plate, it CAN, & does collapse onto the front drive shaft & makes one helluva racket as the allen bolts rub against it...been there...
No big deal if you carry wrenches with you.

Been there, done that! Mine has already been "modified" using a really big adjustable wrench....a couple of times!