OK, need some help locating some U-Pull-It junk yards anywhere near me....

[Meghan54]

So, now on Cape Cod and due to environmentalism or something, there seems to be a complete lack of u-pull-it junk yards, the yards wherein they let you into the yard to pull your own parts. This type of yard ends up being waaay cheaper than the kind that pulls the parts for you.

Anyway, I got quite used to the abundance of u-pull-em yards down in GA, so now that our '97 Camry has a corroded brake line, the one that feeds the rear brakes from the master cylinder, I want to go pull a line off a wrecked/junk yard Camry instead of having to pay Toyota the barrel of $$ they want for a new line.

So, any advice on where I can find any? I've tried, but most around the Cape aren't u-pull-it yards, at least from what I can find out anyway, and having a devil of a time finding any. I'd even broaden my driving radius to include lower NH or more just to get to a decent pick-n-pull yard.

Anyone know of any?

 

[Vdubchaos]

no but I found this site to be best for used parts...most pull it for you for liability reasons.

Car-Parts.com

 

[SpatiallyAware]

I suspect a lot of this has to do with corrosion.. Car bodies probably don't last very long up there, versus in the south where they can sit out for years before rotting away.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Mass 80+ yards - some on south shore
R.I.
Eastern Conn may be closer than southern NH, depending where on the Cape you are coming from

Happy pulling!

 

[iamwiz82]

You want to buy a used brake line in the north? :thumbsdown:

 

[Slacker]

Patch it if you want to spend the time and deal with the hassle.

I would go with the OEM part, looks like $55 or $69 + tax for retail prices, not free but not really a bucket load of cash either.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Patch it if you want to spend the time and deal with the hassle.

I would go with the OEM part, looks like $55 or $69 + tax for retail prices, not free but not really a bucket load of cash either.

You want to buy a used brake line in the north? :thumbsdown:

suspect that you are looking for trouble to save a couple of dollars.

Brake lines in a geographical area will wear close to the same.
you may get an extra 1-2 years out of one from a salvage yard and/or it may pop within a month or two.

Best to replace it with a new line; from a auto parts store. We already know that you will not get it from a dealership.

 

[96Firebird]

Have you tried rockauto.com for the part?

 

[DrPizza]

Of all the parts that I would happily purchase used, I think a brake line is one of those few parts that I would insist on purchasing new. I had one go once; turns out it was the only really corroded thing under the car. The previous day I had been driving down a "mountain" and you could smell how hot the brakes were at the bottom (and I used engine braking by putting it in 3rd) I am so so so so so happy that the brake line held out for that extra day.