David,

The WBX starter is not self supporting and cannot be bench tested … unless your bench has a bell housing ;-)

Why not simply swap them on the van to give them a test?

> On 16-Nov-2016, at 18:51, David <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Had the joy of the bypassed rear heater (loop) blowing up yesterday and
> flooding the whole floor and underseat area of my bus...
> 
> A couple of observations- don't loop it!!! or if you do, for the love of
> all, loop it under the bus so it doesn't destroy everything under the seat-
> rant over...
> 
> My question is more borne out of the fact that I had a couple spare parts
> under the seat...including an alternator and a couple (yeah weird...)
> starters...
> 
> I took said starters to OReilly and they said they couldn't test them
> because the bendix gear would fly off and damage the starter beyond
> repair...true? I could have sworn that I had other stores test them in the
> past without a problem...
> 
> I can swap the starters into the bus, but I'd just rather test them, clean,
> paint, and store them for the inevitable...
> 
> THANKS!
> 
> Dave
> 85 GL 4spd