>Anyone using the hi torque starter, how long do they last before the
>solenoid quits?  I heard that they don't last very long.  I bought mine
>from Kennedy Engineering less than 1 year ago and it quit.  Called them
>up and Hobart from Kennedy said that they don't replace it but would
>send it back to the company for repair and would take a couple of
>weeks.  He also told me that I could take it apart myself to clean the
>contacts.  Stephen Sugiono.

You don't need one. The standard sytarter will work just fine. My 75
Bay (Toyota 3.4 V8) and Caravelle (Holden 3.8 V6) both had stock VW
starters, and they turned over plenty fas tenough, without failures.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut