Date:         Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:15:23 -0400
Reply-To:     "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: starter
Comments: To: Karl mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2018103002063196@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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My advice is that if you go with an aftermarket starter either the Go Westy
version or the Chinese starter, you keep your old Bosch unit as a core you
can send in to have rebuilt if things don't go well.  I have sold hundreds
of Bosch remanufactured starters the majority of these have had no issues.
We have a 2 year warranty if there is a problem, just let me know.  I have
installed a few of the Go Westy starters and when you first install them
they are great.  However, over time, they don't hold up as well as the
Bosch units in my opinion.  I had one that I installed come back dead after
a year.  When I pulled it, the starter looked like it had lived on the
bottom of the ocean for that entire year and it was basically junk.  The
customer had gone full "Go Westy" mania so he had tossed his old starter
and it was a late model automatic (the hardest core to get).  So he had to
buy a rebuilt Bosch unit and pay the full price of the rebuild and the
core.

So I am not saying don't do it.  But have a plan B.

Same thing goes if you have an automatic and decide to get Chinese rear
axles.  Keep your old German ones.  You will soon need them.


Ken

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:06 AM Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com>
wrote:

> FYI: The 'Bus Depot' and 'Rocky Mountain / Van Cafe' adaptor plates using
> the 'gear reduction aka TDI starter are of my production, I supply all of
> the vendors above.
>
> I do also offer a complete bolt-in package of the adaptor, new aftermarket
> starter, and sealed plug for $200 shipped. Before offering this I tested
> the
> aftermarket starters for two full years and 25K miles on my own van, a lot
> of starts.
>
> Karl
> westyventures.com
>


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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com