> One other note.  A certain supplier (GW) sells a new "high
> torque" starter.  I installed one on a customer's van last
> year because he had already bought it before he came to me.
> I got the van back less than a year later with complaints
> that the starter wasn't working and it was totally shot!

I looked into this starter a year or two ago and spoke to the actual
manufacturer.   You can find the details in the archives, but in a nutshell,
the owner of the company himself told me that they were generally rebuilt
Nippon-Denso units, NOT brand new as GW claimed.  Since torque is not
usually a problem on Vanagons even with the Bosch starters, and these were
reman's just like the Bosch, I couldn't justify the higher price and opted
not to carry them.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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