Earning some money on the side
Discussion
So I'm currently at college studying engineering technology so I'm learning all of the mechanics and engineering that go into Motorsport and should soon be joining a race team, but I've came to the conclusion that whilst being at college and not having a job and also not being able to commit to a part time job because of needing to volunteer for work experience over the weekends is costing myself and my family a lot of money. now I was wondering if anyone had any advice as to any small ways to earn money off of doing some at home mechanics e.g going to a junk yard and buying some alloy wheels refurbishing them and then selling them for a profit? I don't exactly have the garage space or the money to be working on whole cars at a time but if anyone has any advice as to earn some small amounts of money just to help my parents and myself pay for my shockingly expensive car insurance I would be very grateful
Cheers!
Mechanic in training
Cheers!
Mechanic in training
Purity14 said:
Ever since you topped up my coolant, my stereo has been playing havoc!
What are you going to do about it?
Can of worms; greater can of worms than fixing PC's - but good luck to you!
A local lad was advertising on fb for mobile car repairs/servicing and he was going to do an oil, filter, fuel filter, pas fluid, cabin filter change on my tdci galaxy for £40, fair enough. What are you going to do about it?
Can of worms; greater can of worms than fixing PC's - but good luck to you!
I then thought about what would happen if he f
ked it up, I didn't know him after all. So I did it myself and very nearly cabbages the car by depressurising the fuel system (I was moments away from getting it towed to a garage) 
So, yeah, car repairs are a can of worms.
car repairs are a can of worms as people have already said... even for professionals! stay away...
over the years I have made money buying and selling, mainly car and bike parts, but you have to know what is worth buying and selling! a few examples... I used to buy old Weber carbs and refurb them and sell them on Ebay. In the good old days I would pay £50 - 70 for them, and sell them for £200 - 500. Often I would buy a set of carbs complete with linkages, filters, manifold, and sell the parts separately and make a nice profit! a couple of before and after photos below.
a couple of years ago I saw a Honda CB750 engine in a local scrap yard... Gave £20 for it... stripped it down and sold the parts separately. the crank went for £100! I made lots of that purchase.
Also, if you are mechanically minded, there is a nice profit to be made from the local scrap man in terms of petrol lawn mowers. I tell the guys that go around in a vans collecting scrap I will give them £15 to £20 for any petrol mowers they collect. The one below I picked up a few weeks ago for £20. It ran OK, but the plastic drive gears had their teeth striped... cost £10 to repair. That will sell for £250. The billy goat in the picture was also £20 ( scrap man thought it was a mower!) and that sold for £350! all it needed as the bag repairing and a new coil...
its about risk.... screwing up £20 worth of mower, is different to screwing up someone's car!
Hope that helps, good to see someone wanting to pay their way.
over the years I have made money buying and selling, mainly car and bike parts, but you have to know what is worth buying and selling! a few examples... I used to buy old Weber carbs and refurb them and sell them on Ebay. In the good old days I would pay £50 - 70 for them, and sell them for £200 - 500. Often I would buy a set of carbs complete with linkages, filters, manifold, and sell the parts separately and make a nice profit! a couple of before and after photos below.
a couple of years ago I saw a Honda CB750 engine in a local scrap yard... Gave £20 for it... stripped it down and sold the parts separately. the crank went for £100! I made lots of that purchase.
Also, if you are mechanically minded, there is a nice profit to be made from the local scrap man in terms of petrol lawn mowers. I tell the guys that go around in a vans collecting scrap I will give them £15 to £20 for any petrol mowers they collect. The one below I picked up a few weeks ago for £20. It ran OK, but the plastic drive gears had their teeth striped... cost £10 to repair. That will sell for £250. The billy goat in the picture was also £20 ( scrap man thought it was a mower!) and that sold for £350! all it needed as the bag repairing and a new coil...
its about risk.... screwing up £20 worth of mower, is different to screwing up someone's car!
Hope that helps, good to see someone wanting to pay their way.
buzzer said:
purchase.
I tell the guys that go around in a vans collecting scrap I will give them £15 to £20 for any petrol mowers they collect. The one below I picked up a few weeks ago for £20. It ran OK, but the plastic drive gears had their teeth striped... cost £10 to repair. That will sell for £250. The billy goat in the picture was also £20 ( scrap man thought it was a mower!) and that sold for £350! all it needed as the bag repairing and a new coil...
And these guys that go around in vans 'collecting' stuff. They're all legit and all above board are they then, and they're not stealing any of the stuff at all ? I tell the guys that go around in a vans collecting scrap I will give them £15 to £20 for any petrol mowers they collect. The one below I picked up a few weeks ago for £20. It ran OK, but the plastic drive gears had their teeth striped... cost £10 to repair. That will sell for £250. The billy goat in the picture was also £20 ( scrap man thought it was a mower!) and that sold for £350! all it needed as the bag repairing and a new coil...
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