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Ondray



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Parts to Rip out of a Car

So I managed to break my old Volvo (96' 850 Wagon) so before I send it to the wreckers I'm going to rip anything out of it that might be useful. Thus I'm looking for any ideas about what might be useful for bot building, so far I've got:

- Windscreen wiper motors
- Electric window motors
- Cooling fan motor
- Some of the solenoid valves from the aircon system
- Whatever wiring is easy to get to and non-essential
- Old school lights
- Airbags (not so much for robots, though it would make a funny 1-hit defence system)

My only requirement is that I can still drive it to the wreckers, so the starter motors is out (they are too heavy to use for featherweight anyway).

Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 11:13 am 
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Philip
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The jack. You could use it as a linear actuator.
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Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:22 pm 
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Spare tire.
The rim part could be use for a spinner or a chassis and the tire can be used for armor.
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Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:38 pm 
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central locking actuators could be handy perhaps, these days I'm not sure how much you are going to get out of a car tbh
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Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:41 pm 
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Ondray



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All good ideas, I was pondering on using the spare - the car has aftermarket alloys (previous owner) so I was thinking I'd get more if it had the full set of alloys...But then again probably not.

The central locking bits are a good idea, and I'll be pulling the doors open anyway to get to the window motors.

There's also the pumps for the windscreen squirters.

Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:15 pm 
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they will give you more if it has mags, they didn't want to give me anything for mine because it didn't have them lol.
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Post Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:58 pm 
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Ondray



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First haul, ripped the doors apart and got the electric window motors, they're real slow so I don't know what to do with them yet.

Also this car has 5 wipers lol, windscreen, rear window and headlights. So far just got the rear window, have to pull the whole dash out to get the windscreen ones though...



Also the horns and some speakers and a central locking actuator.

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