Date:         Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:34:50 -0700
Reply-To:     rick Duvernay <richard.duvernay@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         rick Duvernay <richard.duvernay@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: starter
Comments: To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <6FBA27A8-1EAA-4C5B-8AAE-0E09F9B54624@NBNet.nb.ca>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

I just installed the Bus Depot adapter plate and gear reduction starter a couple days ago. Two hour job and no worries about removing or installing a bushing like with the original style motor.   Worthwhile upgrade IMHO.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 29, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
> 
> Get the Adapter plate which allows you to use a TD/TDi starter (gear reduction)… they are plentiful and far cheaper that the Go-Westy OEM replacement.
> 
>> On 29-Oct-2018, at 17:56, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Some may recall that I reported an intermittent starting problem with my
>> 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile, 2.1 engine, manual transmission.
>> 
>> My mechanic and I have determined that a new starter is needed.
>> 
>> I see that online vendors offer several different starters, at widely
>> varying prices.  There are rebuilt original starters (least pricey, from
>> Bus Depot), gear reduction starters that require an adapter plate (also Bus
>> Depot, intermediate), and gear reduction starters with no plate required
>> that I can tell (GoWesty, most pricey).  The GoWesty gear reduction starter
>> is without a core return, but the Bus Depot starters, including the gear
>> reduction starter, require a core return.
>> 
>> Of course, GoWesty touts its gear reduction starter as the best thing since
>> Ordovician times and the evolution of legs.
>> 
>> Advice?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance, mcneely