Having visited Lynnwood Pick'n'Pull a few times I think it's time for a review. I am evil because I'm sick 'n tired of dealing with dumbasses that run this place. U'd think junkyard salespeople are supposed to be technically proficient so they can tell the purpose of parts just by glancing at them. Not the case here. It's like P'n'P intentionally hire Wal-mart reject cashiers who have no concept of customer service not engineering aptitude. On previous visits I've noticed them slighting the customers with passive ""don't really care to be here not even close to loving my job"" kind of demeanor. I don't know how management is tolerating such lack of purpose. \r
That's not fundamentally important though, techical professionalism is important.\r
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Case in point: Chrysler part numbers 5012750AA or 5137781AA or 52402590 is a small electric motor that moves the flaps in the HVAC suitcase. In the past these were pneumatic servos but nowadays they are electric. Its equivalent function in P'n'P's catalog is 685-2 Heater Control Valve $7.59. Yet the readhead had no idea what this part was and the non-technical manager told her it's a ""control module"" for $20. I'm not buying such bullsh!t.\r
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I visited a week ago and was almost ripped off too. A different gal ran up the bill with bogus ""extended"" warranties that I didn't ask for nor would ever buy. This place is a scam. \r
Please keep looking for a better junkyard for yourself. \r
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Now I'm secretly hoping they will be shut down for environmental violations too. This junkyard is stuated in a valley of sorts and every rain season there's a small stream flowing through the yard, resulting in a lot of oily run-off. It looks like they had to install a filtering rig at the lowest point by the fence, but this is a bad territory for anything industial.
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