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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / April 2008Parting out an 850?
My son hit a deer with my 1995 850... it caved in the front pretty good. I found a nice '94 850 to replace it. I've decided to spend some time harvesting some parts from wrecked one... my question, what are the key (read: most expensive) parts that I should be sure to salvage before hauling it to the junk yard? Any thoughts would be appreciated. thanks, Mike > My son hit a deer with my 1995 850... it caved in the front pretty > good. I found a nice '94 850 to replace it. I've decided to spend [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mike Interested in selling the engine? If so, where are you? -- JRE The climate control module is over $600, and they go up in smoke due to leaky caps,remove radio and it snaps out. There is a $90 blower resistor that fails.Follow the wiring to the blower and remove some torx screws to get it out of the housing.That radio is pretty expensive also.If you speakers aren't blown, those rear deck speakers are also $$$.The mini spare is expensive also, but may be too old already.Consider which wheels you like best. Cd changer? Center armrest cup holder? Interior plastic trim if same color? Your dash and passenger airbag cover? My lights by the rear view mirror broke some switches inside. The electrical portion of the ignition switch wears out- lots of torx screws to get that out. And these were real Volvos. I had a 94 850 turbo wagon . My S80 is a piece of crap. >> My son hit a deer with my 1995 850... it caved in the front pretty >> good. I found a nice '94 850 to replace it. I've decided to spend [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Interested in selling the engine? If so, where are you? If you have air bags, you might want to remove them. They are mighty expensive. Do it carefully and store them safely. Once I removed the one in my 240 just to have a good look at it. I also unplugged it as it is 15 years old and not interested to invest in a new one. Maybe you could try to sell parts on Ebay. The parts are worth more than the car. >The climate control module is over $600, and they go up in smoke due to >leaky caps,remove radio and it snaps out. There is a $90 blower resistor [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> Interested in selling the engine? If so, where are you? On Apr 19, 10:05 am, mgl...@gmail.com wrote: > My son hit a deer with my 1995 850... it caved in the front pretty > good. I found a nice '94 850 to replace it. I've decided to spend > some time harvesting some parts from wrecked one... my question, > what are the key (read: most expensive) parts that I should be sure to > salvage before hauling it to the junk yard? Are you looking for parts to use on the replacement car? If so I would look for interior and exterior trim parts likely to break or already broken. Engine and trans would certainly be the two priciest replacements, but do you really want that stuff sitting around for an event that may never happen? Or parts to sell. Engine and transmission come to mind, but they may have been destroyed given your description. Other undamaged parts certainly have a potential value, but finding a buyer may take time - as in a couple of years. Is it worth the effort? |
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