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    First off, most if not all of your questions have already been answered, other than perhaps location-specific pricing. Go through older posts and you'll find all your answers. But some quick points;

    Wiring looms. Check with -your- buyer what they pay for them as-is, as well as trimmed. Then weigh one or two or a few both before and after. Now you have their value either way. Figure what your time is worth for trimming, and you'll have your answer.

    Alloy. All are graded differently. Bonnets are "sheet" aluminum. Rads are rads. Brackets are cast. Wheels are wheels. If you pile them all together, you get paid based on what the lowest grade is worth. Again, check with your buyer on what grades they use, and how they want product sorted.

    Alternators are worth more than starters. Starters are worth more than electric motors(all the rest you listed).

    If you cannot get a better-than-scrap "core" price for your ECUs, then yes, dirty alum pile is fine. Some of them are very easy to separate though, and you end up with clean alum as well as circuit boards. Again, get prices from your buyer(s) on all those options, figure the value of your time, and there's your answer.



    Check with your buyer on the other material, to see how they want stuff sorted. In my experience, wheel weights are not worth sorting (they are usually bought as scrap lead, with pricing reflecting the steel and zinc contamination). ABS pumps usually go with irony alum, but double check.

    Good luck.

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