I have always had my starters alternators (and other non VW motors - plow, winch) rebuilt by a shop in Rhode Island - Ace amrature. They do awesome work and always warranty with a minimum of 1 year. Never had an issue with anything they have rebuilt. I guess it depends a lot on the shop and the quality of parts but I have found their work to be superior to most aftermarket products I have tried. On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 11:01 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Many (Many) years ago I had a customer with a Rabbit Diesel and the e-mode > automatic. Starter replacement was a task! I can't remember how many times > I had to deal with that starter even adding a boost relay etc. So even 15 > years ago rebuilds sucked. Back then you would also always cut new drums > and rotors before installing. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of Jim Felder > Sent: Monday, July 3, 2017 8:47 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Bosch "premium" rebuilt starter appears to be built from > non-Bosch parts!?! > > I presume you guys are talking about your experiences with gas-engine > rebuilt Bosch starters, but it was the same with the diesel type for a long > time. It got to the point where it almost wasn't worth installing them. I > would take any I found be rebuilt at a good local auto electric repair > shop, but even then where were parts they could't get anymore. At one point > I caved in and ordered an expensive Bosch rebuild. It lasted 18 months. By > this time, knowing what was inevitably coming, I had already traded for a > couple of used OEM starters to be rebuilt. When I took them to the shop, > the owner suggested I look at one of his gear reduction starters. It was a > lot cheaper than the Bosch rebuild, and it works better. Not a single > hiccup in the year or so it's been on the car. > > It's just a matter of time before these are available for gas vanagons, no > doubt. Keep your eyes open for them. They are smaller and thus easier to > install, too. > > Jim > > On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 7:23 AM David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > > > I spent a long time chasing this down years ago. In the US under > > Federal law, in automotive usage the terms "rebuilt" and > > "remanufactured" are legally identical. They both mean broken items > > repaired, wear items renewed or not at rebuilder's discretion. And > > "factory rebuilt" means rebuilt in a factory. Any factory. > > > > In machine tool industry (not codified in law so far as I know) "rebuilt" > > means brought back to original condition as it was when first built; > > and "remanufactured" means brought to condition as though it were > > built today, with all upgrades and specification changes that had > > occurred in the mean time. > > > > Yrs, > > d > > > > On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 12:47 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I've always been curious about the difference between "rebuilt" and > > > "remanufactured". > > > > > > |
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