they come apart nicely.
You have 3 ..
dive in.

half the time ..
if the brushes have decent life left,
and the solenoid is good ......
which they usually are,
and the bendix  gear is OK..
they'll work.

the one thing you can't visually check is how good the armature is.   ( but
you can have a good old fashioned electrical shop test if for you. )

Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "craig cowan" <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter

> How easy are these to rebuild yourself? Are parts available?
> I have 3 automatic starters that could be fixed into 2 without much.
> One has a broken cable from the solenoid to the Motor.
> One has a known good solenoid and known bad Motor.
> One has a known good motor and known bad solenoid.
>
> I haven't looked into disassembling these, as I haven't know anyone who's
> rebuilt one themselves. Anyone?
>
> -Craig
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:13 PM, John Reynolds
> <transporterjr@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>  Wish I had pulled before my winter storage- Won't really have access to
>> the van before then.It is sounding like I should rebuild my own starter.
>> Johnwww.limbobus.org - also now on FaceBook
>>