Date:         Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:15:01 -0400
Reply-To:     Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
Subject:      Re: Is something killing my starters?

On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 13:22:37 -0500, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hmmmm! Had the same problem on my 2.1 WBX a while back. Went thru two
>REBUILT starters fairly quickly. The third one got fried related to a
>harness fire. I replaced it with an adapter available  from VC and put a
>late model high torque diesel starter on it. Works fine so far. BTW, that
>diesel starter was brand new, in the box, and cost under $100 delivered to
>my front door. Worth looking in to. But be sure the starter killing problem
>is solved first!

FYI, the diesel adaptor you bought was one of mine, Westy Ventures made,
sold through other vendors I supply. :)
The new starters sold by Latrical (ebay, Amazon) seem to be decent quality
and offer more torque and faster crank than the IMI, sold by GW and also Van
Cafe - which are not rebuildable.

Karl
westyventures.com