

| Subject: | Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available? |
| From: | Stan Wilder |
| Date: | Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:31:47 -0500 |
the truckers and construction guys would string the shop owner up by his ying-yangs. ---------------------- Clip ------------------------------ I see you used some words at the end of your sentence I don't quite understand so I thought I'd get you to explain this news headline in this mornings paper. The headline reads: WOMAN SHOT IN ROBBERY, BULLET IN HER YET! So where might a woman's YET be located? I've never seen one that I know of but I have an intense interest in finding out what it is. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available? > In a message dated 9/17/05 5:34:37 AM, kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET writes: > > << On the other hand I have had customers go to the local electrical rebuild > shops and get their alternators and starters rebuilt. They last about a year > or less. >> > > Maybe that is how things are done in Joisey, but in my part of the world if > that is all the better an auto electric shop could do, the truckers and > construction guys would string the shop owner up by his ying-yangs. > > The mystery of rebuilding electrical apparati disappeared even before Tesla > flip the switch at Niagara Falls. I rebuilt a Vanagon starter myself years ago > and used it for five more years. As far as I know, the thing might still be > merrily spinning away. Admittedly, I have a few more machine tools under > power than the average happy homemaker, but not that many more than the > run-of-the-mill auto electric shop. > > Some persistent starter problems might be caused by failing to replace the > outboard bushing bearing or distorting it when it is installed without a proper > tool. > > George
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