1992 Plymouth Grand Voyager SE

**corycouch** · 05-09-2013, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by Re-cycler

For about two bucks worth of brass(I have never seen a heater core that was not brass) I leave them in unless I have time to kill, but you had enough of the dash tore out to get at it pretty easily.
Even aluminum radiators, AC and tranny coolers are debatable as far as what is worth your time for the money you net.
I do save the anti-freeze for use in other vehicles, at $6. or more a gallon

he had already pulled the dash for the wire so it was very little work or extra work anyway, 90% of the heater cores are aluminum that I pull, and your right they are small, but it is so worth it when you fill a whole truck bed of radiators

**Re-cycler** · 05-09-2013, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by corycouch

he had already pulled the dash for the wire so it was very little work or extra work anyway, 90% of the heater cores are aluminum that I pull, and your right they are small, but it is so worth it when you fill a whole truck bed of radiators

Don't get me wrong I do save and sort every piece of metal that comes my way and have scrapped 100s of cars and trucks in the last 40 years.
I was wondering if they had switched to aluminum heater cores in the newer vehicles, knowingt that means I won't waste my time going after them. The copper wiring is worth pulling out.
The 88 or 89 (have one of each) caravan on my trailer had to go fast because I needed the cash for this month's bills and the weather was promising to bring an acre of slop and mud which it surely did.
It spent a few hours on it's side while I dropped the iron and gas tank then got flopped back,dragged and hoisted so I could drop the engine which I need for parts for my other one of the same style and then get my trailer under it.
I still have all the iron from underneath and engine/tranny, I have three of those rear axles and none are rusted through.
The hoist is an early 1950s Minneapolis Moline "Unifarmer" implement hoist rated at 4500 lb hand crank worm drive.
I do work and live in a very primitive environment.

**sledge** · 05-09-2013, 04:02 PM

This is my personal philosophy: I have to outlay some cash to buy vehicles.. I'm still pretty green to breaking down vehicles.. so Cory.. I thank ya for making me an extra $2 bucks.. I coined a term called "Being a Maximizer" so my thought is: If I pay $200 bucks for it- I Literally want to pull every nickel out of it I can. With it being so easy to get.. $2 bucks for 10 minutes.. I'm cool with that. I have a fellow scrapper that says "Ha.. you and your stupid wiring harnesses" His last count was that he had scrapped 240 vehicles in his career.. Say you pull 10 lbs of wire out of each of them (that's fairly easy to do.. Had a BMW 325 that had 31 lbs of clean wire go in) But sticking with our example: 240 cars, at 10 lbs of wire.. Insulated Wire here goes for $1 a lb. So he has $2400 of money he just "threw away" in my opinion. I want it all.. I'll maximize that vehicle in every way I can :-) And I learn something new Every single Day!

Re-Cycler: Dude your set- up is AWESOME! I live in town, and if I put that rig in my driveway- I'd have "House for sale" signs pop up in every direction of me and planning and zoning would be banging my door in a hurry.. But I'm envious.. That is Bada**... I also figured out why the axle was rotted. Just past the cat (about 2 feet) they installed the muffler- it was Directly UNDER the vehicle and aimed straight back.. it is the reason that only the back rockers, the rear bumper and the axle were getting eaten up and the axle went. Can't trap exhaust under a vehicle like that.. or they risk that catastrophic loss!! They took a short-cut and it cost them their vehicle!

**KzScrapper** · 05-09-2013, 08:01 PM

Can't trap exhaust under a vehicle like that.. or they risk that catastrophic loss

Not too good for the folks inside either.

**Re-cycler** · 05-09-2013, 10:00 PM

The hoist cost me $75 a couple years ago at a farm auction about 5 miles down the road it is old school and slow but performs exactly the way it's supposed to.
I had a bit of difficulty unbolting the top beam for transporting it home but reassembled it with the same bolts and lots of Never Seize.
The trailer cost me $150 6 years ago and I had all the tools and salvaged materials to widen and make it functional enough to use and pay for itself a hundred times over........so far.
14.5 inch tires are a bit of an issue but other than that it's all good on payday.
Everything out here is "old school" starting with my house which is an old one room school house built in the mid 1800s.

**sledge** · 05-10-2013, 04:35 AM

Hoist- $75 Bucks
Trailer for $150

Where do you live again.. I'm moving close to there (as to not be in direct competition with ya) Holy Hell.. I WISH I could get deals like that- around here- People would fist-fight for that Hoist.. same with the trailer.. people would be lined up and throwing the money at the guy offering a car hauler for $150 bucks!! 2 Nice Scores!!!