Can't recall who (pmailed?) me the list of parts required, and IIRC
this is in the archives, but is installing new bushings etc. (starter
rebuild) something the novice wrench can do with a good vice, some
hand tools?  Are the bushings something the layman can buy online?

Neil.

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Over the years I have had a share of bad from the box or fail a short while
> afterward starters even from Bosch. These are assembly line rebuilds and
> maybe they are the same units re-boxed by others. From experience the
> weakness is the contacts in the solenoid. They either corrode or even come
> lose causing intermittent operation. Many years ago I had a customer with a
> Diesel Automatic Rabbit. Did that starter 7 times in ~ 1.5 years before
> getting one that worked right, all the time.
>
> Dennis

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