He’s doing well in school. He’s the biggest kid in class, and is very protective of the kids in class. There are a few boys that are just too rough. He’s very diplomatic with them, which is humorous because he is so much bigger, he could flatten them. Thanks for asking. Bless you.
Very good information here. I collect scrap for a local charity, I passed on a couple of starters to him a month back. I really wanted to take them apart to get more money out of it but I didn't have the time. Now I don't feel so bad about it. Crap shoot I guess. This week I found a double copper microwave transformer, but last week I actually found an aluminum armature.
@@mickey4947 I would’ve sworn all starters would be copper, I’m glad I’ve learned and was able to share this with y’all. Oh nice! That’s always a great surprise when they are double copper! Oh really? How big of an armature? I found one that was aluminum but it was a really small one from a cheap blender. Thank you for watching and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Another great video buddy it all adds up I think it was me I would cashed in the way it was thanks for shareing my friend! Hope you have a great weekend!
@@ScrapMan69 thank you buddy! Starters can be awesome, but after this, I definitely can see selling them as is. Although, they are really fun taking apart lol. Thank you and you too 😁
Great video!! Thanks for making it. I have 4 or 5 of this type of starter I quit literally pulled from a field of a guy who repaired cars himself. And I've been debating the merits of taking the time to fully disassembling them. Now that I know there's a category for selling them whole, I'll save myself the time and also make more than I would have simply tossing them with the shred. I so greatly appreciate the content of your channel and CAN'T WAIT to see the 6 truckloads you just picked up ❣️🥰
Good video James, I worked for a company that remanufactured starters in the 90s they used a fixture to hold the field frame and 1/2" impact to remove screws. Specialized equipment.
Great video! I don't think I will scrap them. Will just sell to a core buyer. Thanks for the mention! You would need to sell the brush to someone that can melt metals or get the stuff to do it your self to get the silver.
Well that's a surprise. I have not done one yet but I will just to see if they all have aluminum stater's this was a lot of fun thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother
I still feel like the majority of starters will be copper. The other ones I did were loaded with copper. Thank you so much brother. Hope you have a great week!
Thanks for another great video. In the unlikely event that I get a starter, I likely won't micro-scrap it but now I know! This could change, of course, if there is a significant increase in the price of copper.
@@scrappingonthefly77 yeah I was surprised by the aluminum. Lawn more starters will be mag motors. I did a dump truck starter once and it was absolutely loaded with copper.
@scrapitall200 ive got so much stuff to scrap it's not even funny anymore. But my neck being messed up, causing my arms and hands to hurt makes me not want to do much.
Great video brother. Never done a starter before but definitely didn't expect it to be ally. I'd still scrap them out just in case anyway. You got to tear the wrapper to reveal the present. Even if the present isn't what you expected.
@@ScrappingScotland longtime brother, hope you’re doing good! I’ve had great success with starters, definitely worth scrapping despite this one being aluminum. Still fun so that’s always worth it.
@scrapitall200 yeah I've been taking some time off. Had a holiday in Budapest then just been trying to sort the shed out. Not really had any interesting scrap to film. Will get back on the horse though. Just needed that time with all I had to deal with this year.
great video my friend!!!!!!!! i saw once a video of a recycle factory i think in india and they remove the copper stuck in there at 16:10 ..... they heat it and then remove it very easy! good work!!!!
I really really love your videos! I am a hobby scraper aswell and it keeps me calm after a stressful day! Keep up the good work buddy! Greetings from Austria, not Austrailia
Weren't they using aluminum back in the 1970's for all kinds of electrical items including house wiring to save money. I love that steel plate you have on your bench. Wow that sounds like you are under attack there. That was an eye opener scraping it out and it bringing less than selling it without tearing it down. Bless you as well my friend
They have been using aluminum for a long time. I had a welder from the early 60’s that was all aluminum. With starters being used all the time and not the easiest to replace, I would’ve thought copper was always used. Right? 🤣 that was so loud. Thank you my friend.
@@GDSavingThePast I got your stickers yesterday. Thank you so much. The wooden one your son made is really cool. They arrived safely I’ll be showing them soon in a video.
Good job sir, I did enjoy watching the video too and i would scrap it too even if it doesn't worth scrapping , and that brings me to ask : in many other things that worth scrapping like electric motors , A C , Computers..... is it possible to buy such things beside collecting them from the dumpster ?
Starters and alternators almost always sell for more unprocessed. That's because scrapyards aren't selling them to companies to extract the metal but likely they're going to Mexico where they are rebuilt and sold as refurbished units. If you look up the starter for your vehicle you'll find plenty of "remanufactured" units that were once turned in either to the parts store or a scrap yard.
@@newsweathertraffic18 it really depends on the prices the yards offer, it’s why I always give both prices (scrapped vs not scrapped) I’ve done starters and alternators before and they were always worth more scrapped using average prices, just not when they are aluminum lol.
The washer was probably nickel coated copper, used where surface finish or hardness is required. As for the pole screws, look into acquiring an impact screw driver.
Ok good to know about that. Just didn’t look like nickel but that makes more sense than using silver. My dad has one I can borrow, good ones aren’t cheap and the average scrapper isn’t going to have one either.
Carbon bushes are 96% carbon 4%. Binding agent. Graphite bushes are 96% graphite 4% binder. In the last few years we'll 10 we have had the pleasure of carbon graphite bushes. Two versions I have never been able to get the binding agents name. Maybe it's silver chloride awesome episode brother as usual.
All depends on your definition of profit. If you are doing this as a source of primary income, not so much. But if you need the money, it doesn’t matter how much time you put into it to get the money.
I get 35c a pound for starters so I’m good! 😂 everything is going aluminum now. Transformers big and small. Seal compressors from AC units and now starters😮
@@gregnewberry4813 yes I’ve used one of those before and they are really handy, but definitely buy quality ones. The cheap ones the bits break so easily. lol I showed this method cause I think most scrappers will have a grinder but not an impact screwdriver. Thank you for watching.
Great info. New subscriber here. I suppose one could salvage copper and sit on it for selling during price peaks. Elsewise, it's clear selling the entire unite is the answer. Thanks for the prayer and God Bless!
I burn a rotor of a starter in a fire until it gets red hot. Then I throw it in a bucket of water and due to temperature difference all the slag comes off easy. But before I cut the armature from one side and after all I can take it out pretty easy.
That’s a “Lester”part number 3162 fits the mid 60,s to early 70’s International Scouts. It’s of GM design.i rebuilt thousands of those in the 80’s before I start the heavy duty industrial starters. That armature you just destroyed is worth 30x the amount of copper you’re cutting off.
@@GlenYeaman I’ve had great luck with them being copper, in fact I thought since starters get a lot of use and are not always easy to replace, they’d all be copper. I now know lol. Ok cool, great to know, thank you! I appreciate it
At 4 minutes 40 seconds into the video you ask is that brass or copper and took a file to it. How do you distinguish between the two they both would show a yellowish color
I used to tear them apart until i found an aluminum winding. Need a nut driver to take the nuts out of the body of starter. Then a fire to cook the armature. The celinoid, just grind the dimples from outside, then it comes right out.
Good video! Was susprised to see aluminium in there! I usually scrap them as motors, as after trying to do a couple, the effort and time wasn't worth the results to me.
I was so surprised myself! I like scrapping them, it’s a lot of fun for me personally, but after this one, financially it probably doesn’t make sense to scrap them. Thank you buddy.
The biggest starter I ever found was a one from some heavy truck and it contained about 16 pounds of copper, but it was without a solenoid unfortunately.
@@scrapitall200 Copper is much heavier than aluminum. I suppose you have guessed that way earlier than showed in a video while checking with file. Or still hoped?
The best way to remove the copper from the rotor is to stick it into some hot coals on your grill and let the heat burn away the lacquer. The copper contacts will also come free from the rotor with the help of a screwdriver. Not only will this free up all the copper on the rotor, it will also make it #1 instead of #2 copper. Keep a bucket of cold water handy to drop it in after it stops smoking, it'll be nearly red hot.
I don't take starters apart any longer. Rarely is there enough copper to make the time worth it compares to a regular electric motor. Now you start adding aluminum is the coils, forget 'em. My scrap yard actually pays pretty good for starters as they are, twice that of regular electric motors. Ask your yard.
not sure how he got 4.50ish for 1 ounce of copper ..they pay 4-5 dollars a pound so id say he added wrong there.. unless he meant pound . i go by pounds and so does my yards around ehre..
So little copper. I once took garbage disposal motor winding thinking it would be copper. Took about 2 hours pulling winding off only to find it is copper clad aluminum. Not worth my time. Copper on stator will come off easier if you burn off resin they put, but you will probably spend more money in propane.
Starters that are all copper are pretty good. I have a video on garbage disposal, doesn’t take very long at all, but they are pretty much always aluminum. Burning copper is illegal where I live and my scrapyard won’t even buy the copper.
I watched the whole video and had my finger hovering over the thumbs up button, then you started with the praying to god routine and i changed my mind, NO THUMBS UP FOR YOU.
God please bless this man for he is ignorant to the fact that this video has nothing to do with god smh BLESS HIM PRAY, that he chooses to spend his time doing something productive and that he does not waste his time writing worthless or negative worth comments, comments that waste his time, and the time of all the other people who read his comment BLESS
@@mikeharper8027 I barely used part of one disk that costs 50 cents. Plus most hobby scrappers won’t have an air hammer but most likely will have a grinder. Definitely not a waste of time.
Thank you for watching my video!
I appreciate all the support.
God bless!
God Bless Brother
@@BushDogScrapper 😊
Thank you. Wasn't expecting such beautiful blessings. God bless you too, and all that you do ❤️🙏
You’re welcome 😁
Thank you so much for that. I pray God blesses you and all of your loved ones!
Sometimes, we make a profit, and sometimes we don't. Thanks for sharing this video and your tips, Scrapitall..
That’s exactly right! Thank you for watching bud!
scrap is always profit as its free.. regardless if you take it apart or not some things jsut arent worth taking apart...
Brother, I just love your videos!
I pray God will give you all the desires of your heart and answers the prayers you’ve been praying.
Thank you so much for that, brother, I greatly appreciate ever word you wrote 😁
@@scrapitall200you’re very welcome
I scrapped a lot of starters and never found aluminium in it so this was very rare, love ur videos mate
@@johnjansen5574 I thought it was rare, thank you for sharing your experience!
Thank you so much!
Love your prayers!
@@phillipperespass4393 awesome!
God bless you!
Hey SiA! Thank you for the video , im back on track now, we will see on saturday. Have a good time till then, mate!
@@saschakonze6867 thank you for watching all my videos and for the full support you always give me!
Enjoy the rest of your week my friend!
The preschool scrapper will love this. He loves to hit things with the hammer. And you got the big hammer out lol. God bless you
That’s awesome! 😃
How’s he doing in a school?
Thank you and God bless you all.
He’s doing well in school. He’s the biggest kid in class, and is very protective of the kids in class. There are a few boys that are just too rough. He’s very diplomatic with them, which is humorous because he is so much bigger, he could flatten them. Thanks for asking. Bless you.
@@jwall6006 that’s so wonderful! 😃
Sounds like a great kid with a bright future.
God bless you too!
Your work space always looks so neat... mine looks like a tornado hit it! You have inspired me to clean up my workbench.
I think it makes a difference with enjoying scrapping with a tidy work space.
Thank you for watching.
I can barely reach my work bench , just so much scrap to work through.
That’s not a bad thing though, having plenty of scrap!
Dzień dobry . Wczoraj wymontowałem starter z mojej Toyoty Yaris rocznik 2006 . Sprawował się dzielnie przez 18 lat . Pozdrowienia z Polski !
That’s a pretty good life of that starter!
Hi 👋 thank you so much for watching.
Very good information here. I collect scrap for a local charity, I passed on a couple of starters to him a month back. I really wanted to take them apart to get more money out of it but I didn't have the time. Now I don't feel so bad about it. Crap shoot I guess. This week I found a double copper microwave transformer, but last week I actually found an aluminum armature.
@@mickey4947 I would’ve sworn all starters would be copper, I’m glad I’ve learned and was able to share this with y’all.
Oh nice! That’s always a great surprise when they are double copper!
Oh really? How big of an armature? I found one that was aluminum but it was a really small one from a cheap blender.
Thank you for watching and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
@@scrapitall200 It was a small on on a tire inflator so I guess that tracks with your experience. You have a great weekend too.
@@mickey4947 ok good to know, thank you! 😃
Thank you for posting the video, it was very helpful and thank you for everything you do.
@@Oldgrumpyvet67 you’re welcome my friend!
Thank you so much!
Surprising outcome, thanks for sharing the breakdown
Definitely surprised me! Thank you for watching.
Good morning, my friend. Have a blessed day, and stay awesome
Thank you and you too my friend! 😃
Good tear down and video! No failures in scrapping...just learning experiences! 😁👍
That’s so very true, Roger! Thank you for watching my friend.
Merry Christmas brother!
Thank you!
Merry Christmas!
Another great video buddy it all adds up I think it was me I would cashed in the way it was thanks for shareing my friend! Hope you have a great weekend!
@@ScrapMan69 thank you buddy!
Starters can be awesome, but after this, I definitely can see selling them as is. Although, they are really fun taking apart lol.
Thank you and you too 😁
Great video!! Thanks for making it. I have 4 or 5 of this type of starter I quit literally pulled from a field of a guy who repaired cars himself. And I've been debating the merits of taking the time to fully disassembling them. Now that I know there's a category for selling them whole, I'll save myself the time and also make more than I would have simply tossing them with the shred. I so greatly appreciate the content of your channel and CAN'T WAIT to see the 6 truckloads you just picked up ❣️🥰
@@bentleyalder5492 thank you so much!
I’m very happy my videos are helpful 😃
Awesome! Hope you have a great weekend
Good video James, I worked for a company that remanufactured starters in the 90s they used a fixture to hold the field frame and 1/2" impact to remove screws. Specialized equipment.
Ok cool! I figured there had to be a special tool or something. Thank you! 😃
That video brought back a lot of memories! Most of the delco starters will be copper. Keep on keeping on James @@scrapitall200
@@matthewward627 awesome, that is good to know! Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing brother! Glad to know they can possibly be aluminum.
God bless you!
You’re welcome brother!
God bless you too.
@@scrapitall200 thank you Scrapitall.
You’re welcome! 😃
Marvelous Video! 👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much.
Great video! I don't think I will scrap them. Will just sell to a core buyer. Thanks for the mention! You would need to sell the brush to someone that can melt metals or get the stuff to do it your self to get the silver.
You’re welcome!
I’m just going to keep collecting them along with other silver and gold bearing material.
What is a core price now a days?
@@bimesjr honestly don't know what they pay. It has been a while. I just collect up and take all that kind of stuff at the same time.
@@bimesjrsome auto part stores will give you store credit for them. Also search starter repair shops and they might be able to help you.
I buy them from people for auto cores
Well that's a surprise. I have not done one yet but I will just to see if they all have aluminum stater's this was a lot of fun thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother
I still feel like the majority of starters will be copper. The other ones I did were loaded with copper.
Thank you so much brother. Hope you have a great week!
Hey Y'all ✌️ 20k knocking on the door. Awesome job Scrapitall 🎉
Thank you my friend!
Can’t believe how many subs I’ve gotten. Truly blessed
@scrapitall200 yes u are
@@ThatsRightRecycling😃
Thanks for another great video. In the unlikely event that I get a starter, I likely won't micro-scrap it but now I know! This could change, of course, if there is a significant increase in the price of copper.
@@ScrappinLou thank you my friend!
It’s a shame it had aluminum coils. The other starters I’ve done had really good copper. Have a great weekend!
I always learn something watching your videos. Thank you for sharing👍
@@shanescarberry1085 that’s awesome!
Thank you so much.
Good video I liked it
@@jameshammond4405 thank you so much!
We all learn as we go ! Nice teardown.. thank you for sharing!
Have you ever seen that before with a starter?
@scrapitall200 never seen aluminum in one lol. Most I get are all magnetic. So very little wire at all.
@@scrappingonthefly77 yeah I was surprised by the aluminum.
Lawn more starters will be mag motors.
I did a dump truck starter once and it was absolutely loaded with copper.
@scrapitall200 ive got so much stuff to scrap it's not even funny anymore. But my neck being messed up, causing my arms and hands to hurt makes me not want to do much.
Need to learn to scrap with your feet 🦶 🤣
Great video brother. Never done a starter before but definitely didn't expect it to be ally. I'd still scrap them out just in case anyway. You got to tear the wrapper to reveal the present. Even if the present isn't what you expected.
@@ScrappingScotland longtime brother, hope you’re doing good!
I’ve had great success with starters, definitely worth scrapping despite this one being aluminum. Still fun so that’s always worth it.
@scrapitall200 yeah I've been taking some time off. Had a holiday in Budapest then just been trying to sort the shed out. Not really had any interesting scrap to film. Will get back on the horse though. Just needed that time with all I had to deal with this year.
@@ScrappingScotland that’s good to take some time off and focus on yourself and family!
Hope you had a great vacation in Budapest brother!
@@scrapitall200 I did my brother, thank you
@@ScrappingScotland that’s great brother 😁
Great video scrapitail good job well done and thanks
@@patrickwilliams4613 thank you buddy!
great video my friend!!!!!!!! i saw once a video of a recycle factory i think in india and they remove the copper stuck in there at 16:10 ..... they heat it and then remove it very easy! good work!!!!
@@G-Crafts-Greece thank you!
They are so creative and good and what they do!
I really really love your videos! I am a hobby scraper aswell and it keeps me calm after a stressful day! Keep up the good work buddy! Greetings from Austria, not Austrailia
Thank you so much!
Yeah it relaxes me too, such a great hobby.
Greetings to you in Austria!
Weren't they using aluminum back in the 1970's for all kinds of electrical items including house wiring to save money.
I love that steel plate you have on your bench.
Wow that sounds like you are under attack there.
That was an eye opener scraping it out and it bringing less than selling it without tearing it down.
Bless you as well my friend
They have been using aluminum for a long time. I had a welder from the early 60’s that was all aluminum.
With starters being used all the time and not the easiest to replace, I would’ve thought copper was always used.
Right? 🤣 that was so loud.
Thank you my friend.
@@GDSavingThePast I got your stickers yesterday. Thank you so much. The wooden one your son made is really cool. They arrived safely
I’ll be showing them soon in a video.
@@scrapitall200 Good tyo know about the aluminum.
Have a great weekend
@@scrapitall200 Glad to know they arrived safely.
You don't have to show them in a video buddy.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend
@@GDSavingThePast thank you, you too enjoy your weekend.
Good job sir, I did enjoy watching the video too and i would scrap it too even if it doesn't worth scrapping , and that brings me to ask : in many other things that worth scrapping like electric motors , A C , Computers..... is it possible to buy such things beside collecting them from the dumpster ?
Thank you!
I know some guys buy scrap from auctions and even some scrapyards will sell you scrap.
6 loads? That's awesome!
It was awesome, I got so much stuff lol. Thank you for watching buddy.
Amen rock on God bless
@@rschramm2088 thank you so much for watching.
God bless you and I pray that 2025 will be an amazing year for you.
Good vid brother God bless you hope your well
Hey brother! I’m doing good, thank you.
God bless you and enjoy your weekend!
Awesome tear down. I still tear them down. Never seen aluminum in a starter. That truck sounds like a Detroit with straight stacks. Amen
@@scrapnjunk81 thank you! I’ll still scrap them cause I think the majority of them will be copper.
I bet you’re right.
God bless you and your family!
@@scrapitall200 God has blessed me more than I deserve.
That’s true with us all if we are honest!
Impact driver is the ticket
Most hobby scrappers won’t have one and probably won’t want to purchase one.
great video
Thank you!
I didn't think aluminum would be in a starter either, great video my friend & God bless 👍
@@andrewrossi7164 definitely shocked me!
Thank you and God bless you too 😃
It's a bummer on your "fail" but hey, it made a great video and you had fun...love that red copper! Take care James and God bless you my friend!
Absolutely, the fun and joy is always worth it to me.
Thank you and God be with you and all of your loved ones!
Oh man. I need that for my scrap truck. Guess I will have to find my own.
I’ll put it back together for you buddy 🤣
@@scrapitall200 much appreciated. I'll have to get some new brushes, probably.
@@HHRecycling yeah probably, but I think you can handle that 😆
CheeRs Brother! I have a couple kicking around I haven't decided what to do with them yet lol dang nice score Brother
God Bless
@@BushDogScrapper not sure I’d call that a nice score lol
They are certainly fun to scrap though.
Thank you and God bless you too.
Good tip on that side screw
Thank you buddy.
🤙🤙👍 used to pull off solenoid and rest to shred 😁✌️
Right on buddy! 👍
Starters and alternators almost always sell for more unprocessed. That's because scrapyards aren't selling them to companies to extract the metal but likely they're going to Mexico where they are rebuilt and sold as refurbished units.
If you look up the starter for your vehicle you'll find plenty of "remanufactured" units that were once turned in either to the parts store or a scrap yard.
@@newsweathertraffic18 it really depends on the prices the yards offer, it’s why I always give both prices (scrapped vs not scrapped)
I’ve done starters and alternators before and they were always worth more scrapped using average prices, just not when they are aluminum lol.
My yard gives 3-5 cents a lb for electric motors. So yes depending on where you are at it is worth scraping
@@jessewilson8676 wow that’s a very low price! I agree 👍
Buy an impact driver for those tough screws, it works every time.
The bits break even with impact bits, at least in my experience
The washer was probably nickel coated copper, used where surface finish or hardness is required.
As for the pole screws, look into acquiring an impact screw driver.
Ok good to know about that. Just didn’t look like nickel but that makes more sense than using silver.
My dad has one I can borrow, good ones aren’t cheap and the average scrapper isn’t going to have one either.
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Thank you my friend for watching !
Jeszcze nigdy nie spotkałem aluminium w rozruszniku jestem w szoku jak nas oszukują
Pozdrawiam serdecznie 👍👍
Same here buddy, I was truly shocked.
Thank you for stopping by. 😃
do you have any videos of scrapping GM or Ford alternators?
@@bradbex9051 I do have a video where I scrapped an alternator. I think it came from a Dodge, but they all pretty much come apart the same.
@@scrapitall200 thank you for the reply. will look for that video.
You’re welcome!
Carbon bushes are 96% carbon 4%. Binding agent. Graphite bushes are 96% graphite 4% binder. In the last few years we'll 10 we have had the pleasure of carbon graphite bushes. Two versions I have never been able to get the binding agents name. Maybe it's silver chloride awesome episode brother as usual.
I read that older ones could contain silver but I really don’t know! lol.
All depends on your definition of profit. If you are doing this as a source of primary income, not so much. But if you need the money, it doesn’t matter how much time you put into it to get the money.
Time is all relative, right!
For me, if it’s fun I’m not concerned about the money side of scrapping.
sorry about the aluminum, that was a pisser. thanks for the knowledge.
@@scott-kf1bi at least I had fun lol. You’re welcome bud!
I get 35c a pound for starters so I’m good! 😂 everything is going aluminum now. Transformers big and small. Seal compressors from AC units and now starters😮
I agree, I think scrapping in the future isn’t going to be much fun with aluminum being the primary metal used.
An impact screwdriver might loosen those starter screws. You hold it with one hand and hit it with a hammer while trying to turn the screw out.
@@gregnewberry4813 yes I’ve used one of those before and they are really handy, but definitely buy quality ones. The cheap ones the bits break so easily. lol
I showed this method cause I think most scrappers will have a grinder but not an impact screwdriver.
Thank you for watching.
amen
@@thymekiller God bless!
Thank you for watching.
Great info. New subscriber here. I suppose one could salvage copper and sit on it for selling during price peaks. Elsewise, it's clear selling the entire unite is the answer. Thanks for the prayer and God Bless!
I’m sitting on copper and I just love to scrap, so it’s definitely worth it to me. Thank you so much.
You’re welcome and God bless you too.
You can use an impact driver to remove the four screws that hold the field coils in.
Not unless you have impact bits and even then I’ve broken them trying to.
I burn a rotor of a starter in a fire until it gets red hot. Then I throw it in a bucket of water and due to temperature difference all the slag comes off easy. But before I cut the armature from one side and after all I can take it out pretty easy.
@@Peter-gc4pm burning copper in my state is illegal and my yard will not buy burned copper.
@@scrapitall200 That's interesting. Burned copper is the cleanest one. My yard likes it. I am not from The US though.
@@Peter-gc4pm which country are you in?
@@scrapitall200 I am from Ukraine.
Ok cool! Staying safe?
That’s a “Lester”part number 3162 fits the mid 60,s to early 70’s International Scouts. It’s of GM design.i rebuilt thousands of those in the 80’s before I start the heavy duty industrial starters. That armature you just destroyed is worth 30x the amount of copper you’re cutting off.
@@GlenYeaman that starter came off a mercruiser from my buddy’s boats, that’s all I know.
Some of the field coils were aluminum,there are a lot that are in fact copper.
Yes boat makers used all different types of units. But it’s was mostly used on Internationals
@@GlenYeaman I’ve had great luck with them being copper, in fact I thought since starters get a lot of use and are not always easy to replace, they’d all be copper. I now know lol.
Ok cool, great to know, thank you! I appreciate it
At 4 minutes 40 seconds into the video you ask is that brass or copper and took a file to it. How do you distinguish between the two they both would show a yellowish color
Brass is bright yellow, almost like gold color. Copper is an orange-ish red-ish color.
Hope that helps.
Is it going to be worth the trouble 🤪. 🖖
If it’s fun, then yes! lol. For me at least 😆
i wonder if the log splitter would work if you made a holding jig
Log splitter works for transformers and stators.
Next time try to tighten the screws first then take them out sometimes it helps loosen the threads it works with anything your trying to loosen
Absolutely! I’ve tried before but I didn’t with these ones. Next time I will try.
Thank you for watching.
Hahaha, not me, buddy. We don't have any unmuffled Jake brakes. I think I know who it is though. Someone blows through here at 4 am, Monday to Friday.
🤣🤣 he’s so loud as you heard lol
Amen
God bless you. Thank you for watching.
I used to tear them apart until i found an aluminum winding. Need a nut driver to take the nuts out of the body of starter. Then a fire to cook the armature. The celinoid, just grind the dimples from outside, then it comes right out.
@@mikegore5840 burning copper is illegal in most places and my yard will not buy burned copper.
You should use a deep cut band saw on the armature crowns. less waste than grinding.
Yeah but those machines cost a lot of money and most hobby scrappers won’t have one either.
Good video! Was susprised to see aluminium in there! I usually scrap them as motors, as after trying to do a couple, the effort and time wasn't worth the results to me.
I was so surprised myself!
I like scrapping them, it’s a lot of fun for me personally, but after this one, financially it probably doesn’t make sense to scrap them.
Thank you buddy.
God bless
@@richardroyles1423 thank you! God bless you too!
it depends on the year, i know microwave transformers are aluminum but the early ones are copper
There is still newer microwaves with double copper, just scrapped one today.
I usually put the coils and armateur on a fire
@@davidgarratt5754 burning copper is illegal in most states and my yard will not buy burned copper.
Thank you for watching.
Never seen a starter with aluminum windings. That was a first for me.
I asked my dad who’s been working on boats and cars his entire life and that was a first for him as well. Definitely shocked me.
The biggest starter I ever found was a one from some heavy truck and it contained about 16 pounds of copper, but it was without a solenoid unfortunately.
@@Peter-gc4pm that’s awesome! The other two starters I did had great copper in them, that’s what I was expecting with this one.
@@scrapitall200 Copper is much heavier than aluminum. I suppose you have guessed that way earlier than showed in a video while checking with file. Or still hoped?
@@Peter-gc4pm I knew right away once I held it that it wasn’t copper. Yes, I was still hopeful 🤣
@@scrapitall200 Yeah, copper is a 21st century gold. It's in a big demand these days.
Absolutely! Will be interesting to see where scrap prices go over the next 5-10 years.
2:00 yeah my ratchet locks up too
Yours Craftsman too?
@scrapitall200 Pittsburgh 😂
@@uhok-h6r oh! 😂
I've got a nice big tractor starter to do let's see what i find
@@paulfrost8413 I bet it will be copper! At least I hope it will be for you.
The best way to remove the copper from the rotor is to stick it into some hot coals on your grill and let the heat burn away the lacquer. The copper contacts will also come free from the rotor with the help of a screwdriver. Not only will this free up all the copper on the rotor, it will also make it #1 instead of #2 copper. Keep a bucket of cold water handy to drop it in after it stops smoking, it'll be nearly red hot.
@@scrapman502 that is illegal in my state and my yard will not buy the copper.
A short roast will loosen the armature wires.
Burning copper is illegal where I live
I don't take starters apart any longer. Rarely is there enough copper to make the time worth it compares to a regular electric motor. Now you start adding aluminum is the coils, forget 'em. My scrap yard actually pays pretty good for starters as they are, twice that of regular electric motors. Ask your yard.
I did talk about that scrapyards have their own category for starters. It’s worth it to me as a hobby scrapper.
Should have only cut the “difficult end”. Then you could have something to pull with
@@JosephWett-vw7zp sometimes scrapping is trial and error lol
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Thank you!
What is copper???
Copper is a metal that is used for electricity, plumbing and other various purposes.
That's probably why starters don't last
@@quinton3997 I completely agree.
That looks like a Chevy starter?
You are getting rusty buddy lol
not sure how he got 4.50ish for 1 ounce of copper ..they pay 4-5 dollars a pound so id say he added wrong there.. unless he meant pound . i go by pounds and so does my yards around ehre..
That’s the total value of all the copper
I would buy that whole for 10 dollars and sell as a auto core
Where’s the fun in that? 🤣
So little copper. I once took garbage disposal motor winding thinking it would be copper. Took about 2 hours pulling winding off only to find it is copper clad aluminum. Not worth my time. Copper on stator will come off easier if you burn off resin they put, but you will probably spend more money in propane.
Starters that are all copper are pretty good.
I have a video on garbage disposal, doesn’t take very long at all, but they are pretty much always aluminum.
Burning copper is illegal where I live and my scrapyard won’t even buy the copper.
4449th woohoo
Wohoo 🎉
Oh no wonder mercury isn’t that a ford 😂
Of course 😂
That must be a aftermarket Chinese starter grrrrr aluminum
The best 🤣🤣
I think you'll just break even on the motor price. Leave it as it is.
I go over all the numbers! 👍
hi
How come you never comment about the video?
@@scrapitall200 idk thought i'd say hi
@@smitchlego no worries! Hello 👋
I watched the whole video and had my finger hovering over the thumbs up button, then you started with the praying to god routine and i changed my mind, NO THUMBS UP FOR YOU.
Thank you for watching.
God please bless this man for he is ignorant to the fact that this video has nothing to do with god smh
BLESS HIM
PRAY, that he chooses to spend his time doing something productive and that he does not waste his time writing worthless or negative worth comments, comments that waste his time, and the time of all the other people who read his comment BLESS
@@thebancfamily8645 very well said, thank you!
You need a Bertha
Send her in the mail please 🤣
YOU RUIN A PERFECT GOOD STARTER. I REBUILD THOSE IN MY DREAMS CANT WATCH ANY MORE
@@anthonymarino4260 I didn’t ruin anything 🤣
It was a crappy motor that lasted only two years cause it was made with aluminum
To many ads
@@AnnoyedBloomingFlower-qz6oq that’s on UA-cam, I don’t add extra advertisements
That starter was a waste of grinding disk and time. I Scrap out electric motors with a air hammer much more worth it
@@mikeharper8027 I barely used part of one disk that costs 50 cents. Plus most hobby scrappers won’t have an air hammer but most likely will have a grinder. Definitely not a waste of time.