Thanks David.

I may eat my words, $65 may 'get me what I paid for' but I'll never
use a rebuilt - reman Bosch Vanagon starter again.

On 7/3/17, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> I spent a long time chasing this down years ago.  In the US under Federal
> law, in automotive usage the terms "rebuilt" and "remanufactured" are
> legally identical.  They both mean broken items repaired, wear items
> renewed or not at rebuilder's discretion.  And "factory rebuilt" means
> rebuilt in a factory.  Any factory.
>
> In machine tool industry (not codified in law so far as I know) "rebuilt"
> means brought back to original condition as it was when first built; and
> "remanufactured" means brought to condition as though it were built today,
> with all upgrades and specification changes that had occurred in the mean
> time.

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