How To Make Money Just From Fixing Your Car

I subscribe to this guy’s videos because he always has some great tips.

I love tinkering on cars – but I don’t have a mechanical background.

This guy caters exactly to people like me making simple, informative and short videos on just about every detail of how to fix various issued used cars always have.

Need to change your brake rotors?

Want to know how to flush and bleed brakes? (you should do this every two years)

Want to flush your radiator coolant so the anti-corrosive properties are doing their job in your system?

Clean valves, change refrigerant, how to test alternator – whatever you need to know, this guy makes great videos and I’ve used them often to refresh my memory on things I haven’t tackled for some time.

This recent video especially piqued my curiosity.

I wondered how you could make money changing your brakes?

I recently changed a full set of four brake rotors and pads and I just threw out the rotors.

They are pretty heavy and made from cast iron.

By throwing them out, I have effectively made someone else some money!

The point Chris makes in the video is if you reserve a small part of your garage to keeping old pieces of metal, then once a year – or more often depending how much work you do, take it to the scrap metal yard and get paid for it.

Things worth decent money are the heavier items like brake rotors, wheel bearings, starter motors, alternators, body parts, etc.

Old batteries are also worth a few dollars.

In fact a door knocker came by our warehouse just yesterday offering up to $10 for old batteries.

Also on my motorcycle ride each weekend, I see a handwritten sign saying cash for batteries.

These people must recondition them and sell them again for profit.

Scrap metal may not be worth a fortune, but it all adds up.

In the video, a year or so worth of leftovers netted Chris $43USD.

Not bad for just keeping your leftovers instead of just throwing them out.

Whether or not you have done good maintenance work on your car in Brisbane or not, I welcome you call if you want to sell it. My number is 0411 362 229.