Parting out cars online etc or just send them to the junkyard?

[coop]

The heating pads are wired in series, with the chain ending at a ground bolt under the driver's side rear cushion. The whole seat system is fed by a single 12v wire that comes from the center console. This means that if one pad fails, (even a minuscule section of heating element) the entire system is rendered useless. There is also thermostat in each seat bottom pad that will cut power to the system if they get too hot. The system really is quite simple, and I like how Volvo designed it without utilizing a mass of wires to implement it. Every car was built with holes for the wiring harness clips in the body, and the seat pads have holes pre-cut for each pad's wires.

On fcp euros page about rear seat heaters on the s70. Seems to be similar in layout and setup. But will obviously be a 12v wire on each side. That hopefully runs back to the center console as stated which would then make install way easier to just run it from the center console then under the carpet to the rear seats instead of up and under the dash then down the doors

[coop]

So the harness for the switches runs under the center console. Assuming other 850s have the an empty yellow plug that’s where it would go.
Still seems as if the 12v for the seats is wired into the dash somewhere

[wahiddd]

A few months back, I tried parting out a 2005 Jetta thinking I’d squeeze every dollar out of it. Pulled the seats, stereo, sensors… ended up with a dusty garage full of parts nobody wanted. Took me weeks to offload maybe $180 worth of stuff.

Second time around, I said forget it. Went with Cash Auto Salvage instead, and they gave me an instant quote, showed up the next day, and handed me cash. Honestly, felt like I got paid to skip the headache

[abscate]

Here was a list from my last part out

Cylinder head
Cat and exhaust
ETM
Alternator
Starter
Ac compressor
AC low pressure line
AC high pressure line
AC compressor suction line
Ps pump
Fuel pump
Brake booster
Brake pedal position sensor
AB’s module
Tailgate
Latch
Doors
Fenders
Hood
Turn signal stalk -gold plated for the Texas NM market


That’s about $2000 in parts at current used part pricing ( Harry’s plus 25)

The devil is in the shipping/delivery details , aka cost of customer acquistion

The cheapest parts csr out of Capital is$1000 to your door, so the most you can gross is$1000

It’s 20 hours labor to get that stuff off, so it’s hard work for $50 an hour.

The win is when you need a $2000 cat which you can’t buy used, so a parts car then gets to be cash positive


My first stab at this I had wicked luck as I unloaded clean , new body parts at obscene pricing in month one. I think I grossed $7000 in parts on a $500wager, plus I got $1000 in needed parts for my rig on top of that. Never to be repeated.

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