I quit even trying to use reman parts store starters and alternators YEARS ago. Almost every one was a piece of junk, and there's your aggrevation of taking it off and putting it on (ad nauseum). I don't see how they can even warrant these things and make money. Anyway, if you can afford the downtime take it to a rebuilder. A lot of times it'll be done in a day and will work as long and well as a new factory piece will. Cost is about the same or less than reman. My .02 Scott Monfort > > From: "Mullikin, Stefan P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/11/29 Mon PM 05:52:33 EST > To: "Jason Arroyo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: SD> New starter died!! > > 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
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