Thanks very much for the detailed information Poppie.

Did you find that the OEM joint at the stator was actually a braze?
(didn't melt with application of new "soft" solder?)

Just a point of curiosity not contradicting your repair methods. That
sounds like a very clever repair.

That repair method sounds like a good solution for my needs; a spare
known good starter for emergency use (I travel on forest service roads
at times)

On 3/7/14, Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>..... I choose the drill size to maximize the
> hole size, while not drilling out too much so that the two sides of the
> stator connection separates. Hence I had a clean round hole.
>

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