Originally Posted by
mike1
how do you tell if its a after market cat? i dont plan on stripping it all just the easy things like the blower motor the wires from the engine area and other easily gotten things i plan on leaving the engine alone do you strip the battery cables? how much does that copper weigh? is there any more things on a car that have motor like things on it? is there any brass on a car?
Stock cats generally have a bunch of O2 sensors on them and some will be stamped with the make and part number. Aftermarket are usually welded on and dont have o2 sensors on them. They generally just look cheaper as well but sometimes its hard to tell. You need the honey comb thing in there to make it worth anything. Theres brass in the radiator ends sometimes and sometimes in the heater
core. And generally no i don't strip anything. But now i got a stripper machine so i would have to see it to make that call. I generally just snip off what i can and sell as harness wire. The black plastic stuff around the wire makes handling stuff like this way harder than it needs to be and i got other things to get so spending an hour just to get anextra dollar on my battery cables aint really worth it to me.
And any part that comes off your car the yard will deduct for generally. Even if you only pull the battery and alternator the price will go down slightly. If you have a guy hauling for you and paying you $200 he is only making about $80 on your car if the yard hes taking it to pays similar to ours. If he gets it for $200 with missing parts that he doesnt check for and the yard knocks him down just $.50/hundred now hes out roughly $20. If they find enough to kick him down to light iron hes now making about $10. That guy would also be doing all the work for you, spending his gas, beating up his truck, and spending all the expenses himself to move your car. If you were in his shoes would you want more than $10 to haul a car at your expense? This is what everyone is trying to say without actually saying it. If you want your $200 for your car have the title and keep it as complete as you can. If you strip it yeah you might be getting money for the good stuff but you will be doing alot of work and will loose way more on the car than what you'll gain if the wrecker guy actually checks your car and sees stuff missing.
generally the only reason i take cars apart is because i only run 1/4 ton trucks and loading complete cars by hand myself is near impossible. I just did one today but we cut it into thirds and it still took 3 guys and a really steep hill to get it on the trailer.
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