Date:         Mon, 3 Sep 2001 01:16:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael aka ECHO <echosmurf@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael aka ECHO <echosmurf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Starter is OUT...now cant repair.
In-Reply-To:  <15f.3dd005.28c45e4d@aol.com>
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30 years and only mentioned Bosch? I've dealt with a number of
brands in the past year.. and quality has gone down alot with
them all. Most Rebuilds are done in mexico now. ESPEICALLY with
AC compressors. Rebuilding it is great if you have the patience
and mechanical niche in your life style. IF you do want to
rebuild it. USE liquid Wrench to loosen up those bolts. Good
luck. Don't give up!! (0:
Mike
--- Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@AOL.COM> wrote:
> In a message dated 9/2/01 8:12:22 PM, vannman99@YAHOO.COM
> writes:
>
> << Thinking about just buying a new one  >>
>
> jg,
>
> Don't do it.  Come on now, after what you have just been
> through, you easily
> can do anything else.  Seriously, if you go with a new, as in
> NEW, starter
> that is great.  A rebuild has an element of risk attached to
> it.  Although I
> have no way of gauging the veracity of his contention, a VW
> parts specialist
> with over 30 years in the business told me that the quality of
> Bosch rebuilt
> starters and alternators has declined drastically in the last
> couple of
> years.  He claimed that he has never before seen such a rash
> of failing
> rebuilt components.  He said the warranty does little to
> assuage the chagrin
> of the poor soul who has to get beat up a second time climbing
> under his car
> or that of the guy trying to please a customer.
>
> I forgot to ask, did you remove the starter because of an
> intermittent
> no-start problem or was it totally dead?
> Rich


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