scraping AC Starters and Gennys
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Topic: scraping AC Starters and Gennys
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Subject: scraping AC Starters and Gennys
Date Posted: 16 May 2019 at 6:51am
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I have accumulated a pile of these heavy bombs and hear selling the copper in them separate from the iron is worth the trouble taking them apart . I think Paul B posted something once on this subject. So here goes. Most all are very rusty. Starters first. Easy to get the long bolts out. Easy to get the Bendix off the Arm. That is about as far as you can go there. Getting the field coils out is another story. The slotted machine screws are impossible to turn. But they drill out real easy. You have to drill them out on Genny coils too. With the Gennys it is getting the pullys off the Arm. Seems like no two are just alike. The nut came off every genny easy. With the aid of my big vice, A BIG hammer and a big pipe wrench I finally got a pile of genny arms by themselves. I can't see going any farther with the arms to get copper off the steel. The steel in one pile at $6 a hundred . Arms in another pile and the clean copper coils in another better be worth the hours I spent separating . They go today along with 15 brass radiators I sweated the rusty steel off of. 4 or 5 of the 20 Rads in the pile looked good enough to keep to reuse. Then I 'm going fishing |
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 16 May 2019 at 7:54am
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Spot price looks like 2.70lb for copper. Scrap yards will be lower depending on type, size, condition, and location.
I'm sure you already know all this, mostly for others that are curious. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 16 May 2019 at 2:27pm
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Are the bendix any good and are they CA? |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 17 May 2019 at 1:02am
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The B, C & CA all use the same starter drive. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 18 May 2019 at 5:41am
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#1 copper $2.20 #2 copper $2.00 Wire size makes a difference. Fine wire from the Genny coils was #2. Old AC Copper/Brass Clean Rad1ators brought $1.25. I thought they should have brought more. I had to twist their arm to get that extra .25. Whole Armatures by themselves brought just .10. Clean Aluminum brought .25. Cans .40 That makes no sense to me at all. I'm done scrapping for a while.
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 18 May 2019 at 5:55am
That does seem low. Next time hand em a beer while disgusting prices.  ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |