eastern auto salvage
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Melting Slicks
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From: Central Alabama
eastern auto salvage
Anyone ever dealt with eastern auto salvage in Biscoe NC?
I was considering buying from them but this ad made me wonder.
I was looking for a bumper but wonder how the radiator out of this car could be sellable.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Radiator-Fi...rd!36054!US!-1
I was considering buying from them but this ad made me wonder.
I was looking for a bumper but wonder how the radiator out of this car could be sellable.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Radiator-Fi...rd!36054!US!-1
Safety Car
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From: N.E. Ohio OH
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this is what the BBB has as far as reviews
https://www.bbb.org/us/nc/biscoe/pro...357/complaints
the core support is plainly jammed back against the alternator, and the air intake assembly is blasted off to the left also.
https://www.bbb.org/us/nc/biscoe/pro...357/complaints
the core support is plainly jammed back against the alternator, and the air intake assembly is blasted off to the left also.
Le Mans Master
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I think I'd pass. Too many unknowns.
That said, I installed a stock radiator after the seller had installed a DeWitts in its place. It works just fine - after soaking it in Simple Green over night and then blowing about a quart of crud (mud and sand) out of the exterior core. (Made me wonder just how many DeWitts get installed b/c the stock rad was full of grass and sand, etc.)
Melting Slicks
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That said, I installed a stock radiator after the seller had installed a DeWitts in its place. It works just fine - after soaking it in Simple Green over night and then blowing about a quart of crud (mud and sand) out of the exterior core. (Made me wonder just how many DeWitts get installed b/c the stock rad was full of grass and sand, etc.)
Mine has a cheap, advance auto, type replacement in it and it works just fine. Even pounding it through the desert and 2/3rds of the way across the country. No problems.
I was thinking the same thing about cleanliness, but especially about the tubes inside? I saw the mess that came out of the block when I flushed it.. I wonder what the tubes in the bottom of radiators with poorly maintained cooling systems look like?
If it is half as bad as what settled in the bottom of the water jacket in the block, no wonder they have cooling issues.
Team Owner
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the picture is most likely just a stock photo of one of there cars in the yard. but like others why would you buy a used radiator? go buy a new and forget about it
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Melting Slicks
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From: Central Alabama
Wow, not sure how this turned into a radiator discussion.
I don't need a radiator. I was looking at a used rear bumper they have. As I looked through there items I saw that radiator ad and wondered if I should do business with someone that would post those pictures to sell a radiator.
I was looking for anyone that had personal experience with them before I spend $400.
I don't need a radiator. I was looking at a used rear bumper they have. As I looked through there items I saw that radiator ad and wondered if I should do business with someone that would post those pictures to sell a radiator.
I was looking for anyone that had personal experience with them before I spend $400.
Safety Car
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Wow, not sure how this turned into a radiator discussion.
I don't need a radiator. I was looking at a used rear bumper they have. As I looked through there items I saw that radiator ad and wondered if I should do business with someone that would post those pictures to sell a radiator.
I was looking for anyone that had personal experience with them before I spend $400.
I don't need a radiator. I was looking at a used rear bumper they have. As I looked through there items I saw that radiator ad and wondered if I should do business with someone that would post those pictures to sell a radiator.
I was looking for anyone that had personal experience with them before I spend $400.
I was looking for a bumper but wonder how the radiator out of this car could be sellable.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Radiator-Fi...rd!36054!US!-1
Drifting
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From: Leander TX
Wow, not sure how this turned into a radiator discussion.
I don't need a radiator. I was looking at a used rear bumper they have. As I looked through there items I saw that radiator ad and wondered if I should do business with someone that would post those pictures to sell a radiator.
I was looking for anyone that had personal experience with them before I spend $400.
I don't need a radiator. I was looking at a used rear bumper they have. As I looked through there items I saw that radiator ad and wondered if I should do business with someone that would post those pictures to sell a radiator.
I was looking for anyone that had personal experience with them before I spend $400.