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Anytime you buy a part at an auto place, they always want a core so obviously it's worth something to someone to rebuild.
But if you get your part online with no core charge, it seems like a shame to toss it in the trash.

Curious if you've ever come across a parts store or place that flat out buys cores?
 
Yota Up said:
They work for a shop or rebuilt on the side to sell on CL?
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Not sure. They were pretty grungy dudes. I’d figure they worked for a rebuilder, back when you had more independent rebuilding shops than you do now.
 
Yota Up said:
Anytime you buy a part at an auto place, they always want a core so obviously it's worth something to someone to rebuild.
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What started as a genuine effort to secure cores is now a cash-grab. They prefer the money.

Most core buyers shop at the big dismantlers and want barrels of the common/desirable cores that they rebuild. What comes back from the auto parts chains is supplementary.
 
Part is $10 cheaper here bit they add a $25 core that you MIGHT claim back. So they get you in the door and + $15 for no reason.

I get it on trans cases or engine blocks were the typical damage is not to the case. Ive turned in dozens of b52 calipers, i have yet to be asked if i want a "new" or reman caliper. Theres no way this country is surviving on reman b52 calipers.

Ive turned in piles of dust 246 tcases and never heard a word. Ive had counter fuckwits get shitty over starters being trashedn yeah no shit, thats why im here.
 
Brian468 said:
I'll buy any caterpillar engine you have no questions asked, because I'm just a really nice human being.
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What about CAT parts? I have quite a bit of new OEM CAT parts I want to sell. PM me if interested and I can email you a list.
 
BillyBronco said:
What about CAT parts? I have quite a bit of new OEM CAT parts I want to sell. PM me if interested and I can email you a list.
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I probably wouldn't be interested unless they were 3406E-C13-C15 parts for one package price but I probably know somebody who wants them, pm incoming.
 
u2slow said:
Most core buyers shop at the big dismantlers and want barrels of the common/desirable cores that they rebuild.
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So maybe a dismantler would buy a core?
total newb said:
Part is $10 cheaper here bit they add a $25 core that you MIGHT claim back. So they get you in the door and + $15 for no reason.
Ive had counter fuckwits get shitty over starters being trashedn yeah no shit, thats why im here.
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That's how it feels.
They say they need $50 or $100 for a core charge yet won't pay $5 or $10 for a core?
If I value something at x, then I'd happily pay 1/10th x for it.

Something stinks. Is the whole core thing a scam or what?
 
I’ve worked in auto parts aftermarket for 15 years.

From the books side of things an auto parts store isn’t going to give you money for cores. They don’t have a box to send it back in to ID the part and they weren’t charged for the core from the supplier so head office doesn’t want it because at the end of the year it will mess with GP$ dollars

A store worth a shit will at least monthly check their core balances of what’s outstanding in their trade area

A local rebuilder will usually take them.
I’ve been trying to get a program off the ground to give installers a kickback on their cores if they are buying new calipers but no beuno

There is a current core shortage for GOOD caliper castings which is why you are seeing a transition to new casting part numbers
 
2015 would get .50 for each old o2 sensor. Guy in the bay next to me would always sell an O2 sensor for any O2 related code :shaking: We had barrels for cats, alts starters ac comps, coils and so on. Every few months a guy in a clapped out Chevy stakebody would come by.

Still have 1.5 good big dumb starters from the amberlamps, can’t bring myself to scrap them. Local rebuild shop doesn’t want them either.
 
There’s various reasons why they want or don’t want the core.
Sometimes they just don’t want to deal with it and it’s built into the price of the new part. Sometimes they want it back just for scrap value and if you don’t return it then they’ll just keep your money, like junkyard’s that want your old engine or transmission.
Nobody wants old brake shoes back because of the abestos liability and they haven’t wanted them for many years.
Now everyone that sells new automotive batteries is required to accept the core of they have to pay for the core because the government doesn’t want old batteries laying around that can contaminate the environment.
It’s the same thing for motor oil, if you sell it you are required to accept the old oil, I know because I use to own a Quick Lube business.
 
u2slow said:
Maybe an engine, trans, tcase, or axle... if its desireable.

They're not going to pay you to throw a couple calipers on their scrap pile.



Its about making money.
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LQK forcing cores on axles etc is bullshit. If I want to buy a Dana axle it’s probably because I don’t have one! That is about making money

A caliper rebuilding company without cores is out of business without them… not making money after they “scam” you once
 
Gdogg said:
It’s the same thing for motor oil, if you sell it you are required to accept the old oil, I know because I use to own a Quick Lube business.
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We charge enviro fees and are not set up to take oil… it’s not everywhere. Try dumping your oil at a Napa or Carquest and I bet you can’t
 
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[memphis] said:
I’ve worked in auto parts aftermarket for 15 years.

From the books side of things an auto parts store isn’t going to give you money for cores. They don’t have a box to send it back in to ID the part and they weren’t charged for the core from the supplier so head office doesn’t want it because at the end of the year it will mess with GP$ dollars

A store worth a shit will at least monthly check their core balances of what’s outstanding in their trade area

A local rebuilder will usually take them.
I’ve been trying to get a program off the ground to give installers a kickback on their cores if they are buying new calipers but no beuno

There is a current core shortage for GOOD caliper castings which is why you are seeing a transition to new casting part numbers
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I’m in the caliper business.

All the big rebuilders are in Mexico now…there is a significant transport cost to get the cores there. With a lot of internet sales now, throw in UPS shipping and the total cost of transport exceeds the value of the core in many cases.
 
Lbhsbz said:
I’m in the caliper business.

All the big rebuilders are in Mexico now…there is a significant transport cost to get the cores there. With a lot of internet sales now, throw in UPS shipping and the total cost of transport exceeds the value of the core in many cases.
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While it’s all true. Rebuilt calipers are like 95% of caliper sales in my territory so they are still making that trek to Mexico.
 
[memphis] said:
While it’s all true. Rebuilt calipers are like 95% of caliper sales in my territory so they are still making that trek to Mexico.
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There’s a lot of new calipers in reman boxes….

Another factor is the quality of the cores coming back from the rust belt…many are too rusty to be rebuildable....although that doesn't stop the assholes in mexico. Wonder why a lot of calipers are painted now?...it's not because they want to make them nicer, it's to cover up the bondo they use to fill in the pitting lol.

We were sourcing new castings 25 years ago to supplement hard to find cores.

The internet sellers don’t like dealing with cores and have led the push to an outright program. Actually, nobody likes dealing with cores…it’s an accounting nightmare.
 
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[memphis] said:
LQK forcing cores on axles etc is bullshit. If I want to buy a Dana axle it’s probably because I don’t have one! That is about making money
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Its an essential part of the business now. I worked in this industry. The popular stuff gets rebuilt in-house and sold again; or pieced out for additional sales.

Joe-public customer is also not the mainstream. Its the repair shops that always have the customer's part to send back.
 
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[memphis] said:
We charge enviro fees and are not set up to take oil… it’s not everywhere. Try dumping your oil at a Napa or Carquest and I bet you can’t
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They must have to pay a penalty. In Michigan it’s required and I’ve had to deal with a lot of waste oil, probably 2000-3000 gallons a month.
I have sold my waste oil for as much as $1.50 a gallon. The price is direct tied to the price of oil, so when oil is $100. a barrel waste oil is around $1.50 a gallon. So there’s money in waste oil, I use to put it in my advertising that I accepted waste oil, I figured with the amount of waste oil it brought in the cost of the advertising was covered.
 
used to be a core supply place over in buffalo that I'd buy turbochargers from
he'd make most of his money buying and selling complete engines
he retired during the fake pandemic
 
Rttoys said:
Not sure. They were pretty grungy dudes. I’d figure they worked for a rebuilder, back when you had more independent rebuilding shops than you do now.
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I miss those days. Starter went out, take it down to Jimmy Ray's and ride the motorcycle to work for a few days. Then come home one day and the answering machine is blinking-

"Uh hey this is Jimmy Don down at Jimmy Ray's [cigar cough] hey uh got chore starter ready"

$15 later I got a "new" starter.
 
Yota Up said:
So maybe a dismantler would buy a core?

That's how it feels.
They say they need $50 or $100 for a core charge yet won't pay $5 or $10 for a core?
If I value something at x, then I'd happily pay 1/10th x for it.

Something stinks. Is the whole core thing a scam or what?
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If I buy a pallet of 100 caliper cores from a core vendor (they got them from wrecking yards around the country), there's probably 60-80 good ones in there. A few get recognized as trash before teardown, but most of them can't be inspected and rejected until after the teardown and cleaning...which is 80% of the rebuilding process. Putting shit back together is the easy part. Even though I bought the core for $5, Say it's a part that I sell for $50...if that core ends up being scrap, that's costing me $30 or so.

I don't do production stuff anymore...just specialty (mostly air cooled Porsche and vintage british) and I'm trying to get away from that too...Customers send me 40 cores to rebuild, after teardown and cleaning everything....I can charge $XXX for the stuff I can put back together, but what about the ones I can't?....can't charge shit, so I've just wasted a shitload of time, blast media, etc...

For the customers that I still do caliper work for, I'm changing it up into a teardown/cleaning charge and a re-assembly charge.

I charge $120 each for calipers cores that I can buy all day for $50....because it's easier to get the cores back than to go looking for them. If customers wanna bitch about it, they can go buy the cores for $50, hope they're good, and send them in to get their $120 back.
 
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