

| Subject: | Replacing my cheap Chinese starter after one year |
| From: | Stuart MacMillan |
| Date: | Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:02:37 -0700 |
Buyer beware with these. My Latrical new Chinese $75 diesel starter never worked quite right from day one. Early on it failed to retract the gear fully a few times, but that stopped. After 10,000 miles it occasionally bogs immediately, failing to turn over the engine at all, and now when it bogs the motor continues to spin (unengaged with the ring gear, fortunately) and does not stop with the ignition off! I have to rap on the solenoid or remove the battery negative to get it to stop spinning. It's not the ignition switch or a battery problem, there is a short in the solenoid. I have a Bosch rebuilt I'm installing now, and I know these are not without problems either. But, with the cheap Chinese starters you are getting what you pay for, but as they say, your results may vary. Stuart
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