Saturday, July 5, 2008

Salvage Yard



Kyra & I took a trip to a salvage yard today looking for parts. We think this may be a '61 Caddy, but we're not sure. It looked like most of the parts were there - at least two hubcaps were inside. This will make a nice project for somebody (not for me, though, I'm holding out for a '59 - don't tell Marcia).

Kyra & I spent a couple of hours working on the Eldorado yesterday. We figured out that the reason the windshield fluid wasn't squirting is because of a bad pump. The pump is integrated with the whole windshield motor assembly, so you can't just buy the pump. We did pick up a motor and hopefully I'll be able to pull the pump out of that.

We didn't find any of the other parts we were looking for - eBay seems to be the best place to find stuff.

We also determined that the problem with the power locks isn't fuse related. And we found a crack in the driver-side CV boot (not the one Marcia replaced) so I squirted some grease in there.

Here's another photo of Kyra at the salvage yard. It was kind of rainy today so we drove the truck instead of the Eldorado.

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