I have one of those coming for my inline VW Jetta gas, mounted deisel style
in a 2wd 5 sp.
  I'm going to keep the stock deisel one now....Easy roadside job, swapping
the starter....
   I cleaned up the one I thought was about to die..and now it's sounding
good again.  Horror stories about starters....mine works again...so
..

On Sep 7, 2017 7:30 PM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Karl,

Well, it hasn't acted up in the last 20 or so starts, and I can't find a
"new" Bosch SR0408X, only remanufactured units.  I have no faith in
remanufactured starters, so I'll run until winter with the Latrical (or for
as long as it works).

I'm going to call LA Electric tomorrow and ask about this problem. I'll send
it back to Amazon if it acts up again, I've got until December. Not sure if
I'll get another one or go with the Go Westy starter, which has performed
flawlessly on my son's '87 for three years now.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Karl Mullendore
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 6:51 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Problem with Latrical starter

On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 09:53:12 -0700, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>I installed the Latrical starter with Karl's adapter 750 miles ago on
>my Subaru conversion. Every few starts the gear does not retract fully
>and it's hit by the spinning TC, making a loud buzz or growl.
>Restarting once or twice fixes it, but it's bad for the ring gear, and
>I don't think this will go away on its own.
>
>
>
>On to a new Bosch diesel starter for me, but I'm wondering if others
>are using the Latrical and what their experiences are.
>
>
>
>Stuart

That's discouraging, but you're the first I've heard with a problem with
their starters. It does have a year warranty. If not, pull the solenoid for
inspection, perhaps something has found its way into the solenoid.
I've been running one about a year on my Westy automatic with no problems.

Karl