If you're in a scrap yard pulling parts your should know what to look for in regards of the condition of the components. If not you should allow someone else . If you know the people that run this scrap yard do you think they want you to encourage people not to make said purchases? Granted they scrap the unused but still $500+ compared to maybe $30 in weight

The key is to take the engine or transmission from a car that took a hard crash to the rear or side of the car. That increases the chance that the car was driving along fine when the accident happened. No, it doesn’t guarantee a good engine/transmission but it increases the chances of getting a good one. I did that and got an excellent working one.

I was just going to say that's why you get a car or truck that has been crashed in the back if you're going to use the engine or transmission out of it I'm a frequent flyer to pull apart in Atlanta but I only get certain things from a salvage yard for my 328i

Except... we have no idea why the engine and transmission were removed.

The pick n pull gives you another motor or trans if the one you had gotten the first time was bad. Stop the cap also you can check most engine by seeing if they spin freely and checking compression

What sucks is finding out the hard way , with modern engines its almost impossible to bench start one.

Getting parts like an engine, transmission, transfer case, or differential is always a crapshoot. You never know for sure if it is going to be a good part or not. But then again, you have the same thing from a lot of auto parts stores too.

Sounds like dude was hell on that truck.

Some people just gotta learn the hard way

Lifter tap is really common and a really easy fix. If its an AFM engine its toast