Searching for JEEP GOLD in the JUNK YARD - D&E in the UPULL 52

I head to my favorite junk yard to search down some rusty gold.
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We hope you enjoyed this video and will keep in mind that all information included is intended to be purely academic and in fact is only the opinion of D&E. We are not professionals, nor are we qualified to knight you a professional. D&E want to ensure that anyone modify or fixing their own vehicle does so in a safe manner which leaves the vehicle in a legal, roadworthy state. In short, DON'T BE A MONKEY WITH A TOOL BOX! If you don't know what you are doing, leave it the professionals!

[@tonydowd8566]

Fun watching. Love the junk yard runs. I'm too old now, but my buddy keeps my 99 Jeep Grand Cherokee going for me.

[@gerry-p9x]

Tru fat. Alot of jeeps met early. Demise with cash for clunkers. Program......

[@outdoorsmansgarage]

I miss doing videos from the U-Pull my son used to love going with me and pulling parts but now since he became a teenager he don't like to hang out with Dad anymore

[@DEInTheGarage]

Ah don't tell me that bud... my girls are already growing up too fast! Sounds like Jimmy needs a beater to work on!

[@wildbill23c]

My pick a part yards close to me don't allow kids sadly.

[@outdoorsmansgarage]

@@DEInTheGarage I hate to tell you bud when they become teenagers they don't want to hang out with Mom and Dad anymore as far as Jimmy getting a beater to work on Jimmy's got to get a job first

[@outdoorsmansgarage]

@@wildbill23c there's a few yards around here like that but I just tell them all he's just holding the toolbox but we all know the real story

[@NickMango]

I had an 08 commander, got it with less than 10k and drove it 100k miles. Absolutely loved it. Top 10 vehicle I’ve owned. Maaaayyybbbbeeee top 5.

[@angelopetraglia8326]

That limited XJ still has the door cards and the wheels of 7/5. It is pretty clean and mostly solid. Wheels and rear door cards are really nice.

[@wildbill23c]

That Jeep Wrangler that was burned, I think someone got a little carried away with smoking their headlight lenses LOL.

[@Yoyo81828]

You should make a vlog about the future of jeeping. Sad to see all the XJs and WJs disappear out of the junk yards. ZJs have been gone. Maybe we need to turn to southern junk yards?

[@stevenfleischer7198]

Awesome video, glad to see you making u-pull videos again. Where's this yard? I know you're in NJ. Im from DE. They're all gone around here.

[@georgefletcher9314]

All the jeep gold is in Tennessee… At DeXjs

[@aaadamt964]

I just found this channel ( this video). Been following dex since he started blowing up.

[@gatesj777]

I saw that one XJ with the BFG’s on it and I thought wow those are nice and then I looked a lot closer and they are dry rotted pretty badly

[@rockchalkjayhawk0]

If you’re looking for those booklets out of the wk the jk has the same ones

[@preppinglife624]

Sorry I haven't been watching much tubes lately. Great video. I love this stuff.!

[@Shoota45acp]

Lesson of the vid...Never go to the yard without a chisel, hammer, and punch.

[@87fubar]

my local yards have been seeing alot less zj's and xj's

[@JBenedict02]

wow a carbureted 2.5l. had to of been an 84-86 XJ

[@digitalchaos1980]

That's what I thought too! Definitely had to be an early model. My friend used to have an old one with a GM 2.8 V6. That thing was a dog lol.

[@The-JMartian]

Where is this scrap yard looking for a good one

[@gatesj777]

Near utica ny. Vince’s u pull it

[@mattbreidenbach]

My parents bought a patriot brand new in 2010. I already fell in love with jeeps before that bc my mom drove an 02 TJ, but boxy jeeps became my thing bc of the Patriot. I agree its gonna become the new "cheap jeep to buy" in 10 years, imo after people demolish the first gen Libertys. The biggest issue is the pre 2014 CVTs along with other things, which is why my family no longer has that jeep. Maybe there will be an "easy" way to swap in a better transmission?

[@kge420]

Think I may be doing an evaporator on my WJ. Would like to go to a U-Pull and pick one to rebuild ahead of the project. Any in that yard? You’re in NJ, correct? Thanks

[@sarahstephens5966]

I've ran salvaged tired many times. Some blister, most are good.

[@sccarguy8242]

I have to disagree on the Patriot, many reasons but the main one being… they don’t have a real transfer case… Liberty does, and defaults to RWD… Patriot is FWD and has a power transfer case, not a true transfer case… nor does it have a low range (I believe).

[@DEInTheGarage]

Yea... I cannot ignore ore the "light duty" nature of the Patriot..

[@jarhead6153]

You should have taken the Jeep YJ grill for a wall hanger…

[@rheidtech]

Just bought tirea for 75 buks each at walmart...🤣

[@aaadamt964]

I generally try to talk people out of buying used tires. Don't get me wrong, there's deals out there but they're usually dry rotted, unevenly worn and pretty much worn out and end up paying close to new prices by the time you get them mounted and balanced. Tires and batteries are the only thing I go to Walmart for. A lot of times you can find a local shop that does a free alignment if you buy 4 tires.

[@rheidtech]

@@aaadamt964 yeah its a hassle for sure. Nothing like the smell of a new set of sneaks also.

[@RickyBradley-o6c]

i go for spare parts

[@awesome198989]

I cant wait to fix my new 1993 XJ from texas. NO RUST UPSTATE NY

[@athikerguy4life]

Compass and patriot were definitely both up there as the worst jeeps made.

[@jasonbodi503]

The Commander looked a lot more like an XJ and was way nicer than a shit Patriot

[@georgefletcher9314]

The over head console was in 1997-2001… My 1998s both have them.. Both are Classics…

[@sneakthief5724]

I agree that the Patriot should have been a CHEROKEE

[@georgefletcher9314]

And better transmission…

[@rovert97]

Been saying since its launch that the patriot should have had the Cherokee nameplate and at least an awd system. They are so damn similar in size and shape

[@DeliriousMindBovice315]

I have a 2010 patriot sport sadly only fwd with the cvt but she has 192k on her original eng and trans

[@trhmlton9293]

Jeep day at the you pull!! My favorite, thank you 😎👍

[@rvmagnum5415]

D&E , long time no see. thanks for the video.

[@zRayGun]

yooooo perfect timing for me thanks

[@m.strutz5715]

Had a 2001 Dakota SLT quad cab w/5.9L and AWD/4WD. Not sure how they fit the 5.9 in there, but it was a monster in the Utah mountain snow with some blizzaks. Got 15mpg uphill, downhill, towing, hauling...didnt matter. Had fantastic low end grunt...but wasnt going to win any sprints. Comfortable truck for long drives.

[@wildbill23c]

The full time 4WD in the Dakota was extremely rare...the Durangos had them quite frequently, but the Dakota option was pretty rare. That 5.9L V8 was great....even the 5.2L was good....I had a 99 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport regular cab 4x4 with the 5.2L V8 and manual transmission, talk about a fun truck....would love to get a hold of one with the 5.9L V8.

[@jgarner420]

Just in time watch with my first cup of coffee

[@DeliriousMindBovice315]

Just fyi incase someone doesnt know the first gen patriot which has no foglights has the wiring for them the 06-10 caliber/avenger fog lights bolt right up then just need a turn signal lever from a 13-17 patriot with fogs 😊

[@DEInTheGarage]

That is a primo tip! Thanks!

[@sccarguy8242]

Hey Bud congratulations on the new J O B hope they appreciates the guy they got..

[@DEInTheGarage]

Thanks bud. I really appreciate the vote of confidence. Between you, me and a tree.. I got off the ride and went into business for myself.

[@sccarguy8242]

@@DEInTheGarage Brother!!! that’s fantastic!!! Scary I’m sure, but utterly fantastic!! So many ways to make a buck in this world, I work my corporate gig, I have some vending machines, I buy tools at auction and flip them on eBay, flip cars, mowers and whatever else I can make a buck on.

[@georgefletcher9314]

I currently have two 1998s XJs one with just over 411,000on the body. Motor almost got to the 400,000 mile mark but number five piston lost its mind 8800 short of the 400,000… Just as I got to 411,000 it was side swiped by a F250 at 60 miles per hour in a snow storm.. I fixed it for yard purposes to plow with. My other one has 361,324 and going strong.

[@salvatorebaleno9807]

I used to always go to the Junkyard when i needed parts, now i usually use Rockauto... kinda the same thing quality wise (Mostly JUNK). No offense to Junkyards 😂 I've been wanting to go just to see what i can score for random cool shit, but now im thinking about looking for tires. Did you hear about Da Hard Knocks Bears? Kinda embarrassing, but atleast were not packrs fans, am i right? 😂🤣

[@ronaldbruzan9646]

I go for XJ and WJ and ZJ parts. Still not finding a 242HD. I get WJ gas tank covers,trans crossmembers and any new parts I think I can use or hoard. I’ll get ECMs if the Jeep was driving when wrecked. In Chicago land the rot is almost as bad as by yous. Not many XJs any more though I did get a set of alloy axles and new hubs out of one, like new! I try to grab parts to keep my fleet of junk going a few more years. Ron

[@wildbill23c]

Didn't get tires for a Jeep, but I got a set of 4 tires with matching wheels for $240 for my Ford Ranger. Tires were brand name Cooper all season tires, almost brand new still had the little nubs on them. I bought the truck for $800, the tires that were on it weren't great, and knew I was going to need tires anyways, so I started looking around for some other parts at pick a part, and one day found a set on a Ranger usually good tires were never left on a vehicle out in the yard. Given how old the truck was I guess they didn't see much reason to pull them. I pulled them, brought them up front, and waited in what seemed to be a never moving line. The guy at the counter when I finally got up to the register to pay says man you've been in here patiently waiting and even helped a couple customers with what vehicles to look for to get some parts, I said ok, so...he says normally a set of wheels and tires are $400, he says how about $240...I said fair enough. I ran those tires on my Ranger for 4 years. The truck still has them on it, just sold it a few weeks ago. I don't need 2 trucks LOL. I have a 99 F250 SD 4x4 v10....and now as of 2 weeks ago I'm driving a 2003 Jeep Liberty Limited. You can get some good deals on tires and wheels at pick a part...yeah, if the tires you are wanting look like crap don't buy them, but sometimes you can grab a set of almost new tires, and good wheels. I know when I had my first ZJ I needed a full size spare tire for it, the local tire shop and wrecking yard wanted $180 for a matching wheel. I picked one up at the pick a part yard for $25. It had a pretty decent used tire on it as well, it was still with the Jeep when I sold it, and it was still in it when I found it in the pick a part yard last year :(. To be honest when I found my old Jeep in the pick a part yard I was sad. I owned that Jeep for 9 years, sold it, and it ran for another 12 years and another 200k miles...so in total that poor Jeep had 249k on it when it found its way into the pick a part yard.

[@richardbates2367]

I know of a 2000 dodge ram laramie slt quad cab 1500 magnum V8 46 RH automatic overdrive transmission manual shift transfer case lever on the floor gloss black with most of the white pinstripe 4x4 truck has some rust around the edges because it was a northern Ohio truck since new has almost all of the brake lines replaced with a complete set of stainless steel brake lines from classic tube out of ohio, and it unfortunately has the wrong front doors and the dr side rear needs the latch fixed and the muffler i have for it put on and however much exhaust pipe tubing to reconnect the factory single exhaust tailpipe since it is in really decent condition i was not changing it,, it has a completely rebuilt front suspension but it would eventually need a new set of front tires, and the wheels in my opinion need the plastidip stripped off the wheels, center caps and lug nuts repolish the laramie slt specific 16 inch high polished center and brushed aluminum outer lip.... Anyway my truck has it issues but it is not a Dakota quad cab but a ram quad cab...i currently have the overhead console map lights unhooked i was changing the broken harness but it was the wrong harness for a 2000 non overhead compass outside temp digital display readout... And it has a different instrument cluster in the truck the factory one suffered from stepper motor failure and electrical components contact issues.., it has a better body than most of them do it would look like a different truck with better front fenders, but I was trying to find a decent used set with good black paint..i have a set of fender flares but that is not how I wanted to fix it. And the interior is decent compared to most of them.. don't know why but when they junkyard swapped out the wrong front doors the rear speakers don't work so for now im just running the front speakers i installed but they are actually too deep for the doors and only allow the power windows down about halfway truck has ac though but it needs charged now... Anyway i have added yellow lense fog lights to the front bumper and you can drive the truck with only those on they could use a bit of adjustment but..oh well.. and I have a good set of junkyard headlights just need to clean the leaves and dirt out of them, and then install the new Sylvania silver Star headlight bulbs in them and put them on the truck.. i have a complete set of speakers cerwin vega hed r series the 3 way 6x9's in the front doors and i think 6 1/2 inch for the rear doors i just have to figure out why they don't work i don't want to splice into the factory dash wiring harness connector to make them work, so they are still in the box.. i have a factory type am fm CD player cassette tape player premium infinity by Chrysler stereo and it works great,i have a complete engine gasket set for the 318 magnum V8 in the truck and the intake manifold plenum gasket update kit.ive replaced the ignition electrical switch on the steering column.. thinking it was the cause of another issue so I still have the factory one in the standard motor products brand new box, truck has the original Ohio title and owners manual and i have the factory ignition key with the Rams head cut into the plastic on the key unfortunately i don't have the original door locks,i just plan on repining the locks to accept the factory ignition key.

[@Uticagreens]

Vince's U Pull It - A gold mine in Central NY. Five minutes from my front door.

[@jimmygregg22]

I love going to see what is just out there but the Jeep ZJ, TJ, XJ selections are getting slim in the central part of VA. Great Score on those wheels and tires, the yards I go to usually pull them off the cars already and separate them from the wheels. I have gotten some nice deals on tires and 100% if I need tires I'm going there first.

[@davidpotter9960]

I know where their is a pretty rust free 88 jeep comanche forsale. Its missing the tranny. You had mentioned you were looking for a pickup truck.

[@TheRealMikeWilly]

I got a 2000 XJ's that did not come with the overhead console and found an overhead console in a 2001 XJ. It was plug and play to put it in my XJ.

[@eversleyowl]

Love the Junk Yard videos. Sadly in the UK if you can find a couple of Jeeps in one then you've been lucky.

[@Leo-lr4eq]

I agree with you on the whole patriot thing, thought the same thing myself

[@jmac6782]

Love the videos!! Thanks for your time.

[@codybertram6122]

Any tricks to quiet down noisy lifters?

[@TheBassking15]

what yard is this if you dont mind me asking? its so clean!

[@richardbates2367]

Love zj's and some of the earlier wj's

[@OuttaSighTmind]

Love these type of videos bud 💪🏻

[@lukeellsworth1377]

Just snagged a a 242 wj last month the thing was clean wasn't even covered in mud and oil rode in 2wd most of its life for sure

[@DEInTheGarage]

That I'd a score!!!

[@mbilden]

best day at work ever!

[@tylerhubbell6410]

I firmly believe if you can't afford to put new parts on your vehicle...you're better off walking.

[@ryurc3033]

Whatever man. I bought a perfect 2000 olds bravada for 600$(from someone like you that thinks a transmission will only be good if it costs 3000$) bought another crashed S10 blazer with 90,000 miles on it for 500$. Transferred transmission, interior, everything from crashed car to the clean one. Been going 3 years now. And I paid less for both trucks than you paid for a set of name brand 20 inch tires. I have bought almost brand new tires, less than a year old for 40$ each. Why waste materials, polluting the atmosphere with more manufacturing emissions because you're too LAZY to reuse parts. If you're rich enough to buy new parts all the time, good for you. Throw away whatever you want, gotta keep the junkyard stocked with good parts. Some of us make do, so we can afford other things like insurance, food, gas. Doesn't do you any good to buy all new parts if you can't afford to put gas in it after.