Um, no offense intended, but he was talking about STARTERS, not ALTERNATORS... Though they both suffer from the similar fates due to the high underhood heat that our cars suffer from (especially those in warm climates that don't have hood vents, oy vey...)
I agree that most parts store rebuilds are not worth the box they are shipped in. I internally inspect the ones I use simply because I can't afford the extra downtime a failed alternator or starter would create. Best Regards, Stefan Mullikin Portland, OR Co-Founder PNW-SDAC http://www.pnw-sdac.org 1980 Fiat X-1/9 1984 Dodge Rampage 2.2 1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z 1987 Shelby CSX #106 1988 Shelby CSX-T #3 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Arroyo Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 2:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: SD> New starter died!! Typical heat in hard driving should not damage an alternator, you need to take it back as a defective item. Seems more and more, alternator reman companies are building crap. Best bet is DO NOT buy a reman, but to have your original rebuilt at a local alternator shop. Local boys are more likely to care about their work and prevent returns than big companies who see it as an "acceptable statistic". The local shops simply can't afford that "statistic" of failure and will do it right the first time. Plus their reputation is everything, and so they will correct the slim few that they do that fail, and usually without nonsense. Don't go the easy route. Go the right route. Have it rebuilt locally. -J Southern California Forced Induction 1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby Turbo II 1986 Chrysler Laser XE Turbo 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo 1991 Mitsu Eclispe GSX Turbo(for sale) 1990 VW Corrado G60 Supercharged (possibly revived?) 1984 Nissan 200SX Turbo 1985 Nissan 200SX Turbo 1983 Datsun 280ZX Turbo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 2:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SD> New starter died!! Hi All Well I put in a new starter in the GLHS and headed to Las Vegas over the turkeyday weekend and don't you know the new starter died. I had my kids push start me at Kingman Az. It must have been the ride from Albuquerque that heated it up. So now I was thinking of getting a starter blanket for the new starter what do you all think? It must have been the heat that killed it. BTW the new (rebuilt) starter had a heat shield on it and there was no room to install the old one, plus the old one had kind of fell apart. Bad starter? or lots of heat which killed the starter? One more thing, the first starter lasted from 1986 +160,000 miles, the rebuilt starer 2 weeks and 400 miles. LOL Roy 86 GLHS #200 81 Fiat Spider LE #501 81 Fiat X 1/9 -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
