Pleasant parts experence...

oldtanker

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Needed a new starter drive and decided to try a family owned electric repair shop. It has 3 generations actually working in the shop. The "kid" is a 4 year Air Force vet. They had the dive in stock and benched tested the starter at no charge. I dealt with the kid who was polite and helpful and got to talk with his grandpa for a minute too.


Rick
 
There are several rebuilders in the nearby town. I found that they do a much better job at quite a bit
less than Auto Parts stores. I got my generator rebuilt for $45.00 a few years ago on my 9n,and he sold
me a cutout for about $12-13.00 more. My Daughter's Malibu's starter went out,and for $80.00,I got a
rebuilt one. He had a bunch of GM and other brands on the shelf,just had to change pulleys. At the auto
parts,they wanted $160.00.
 
(quoted from post at 22:05:02 05/29/15) There are several rebuilders in the nearby town. I found that they do a much better job at quite a bit
less than Auto Parts stores. I got my generator rebuilt for $45.00 a few years ago on my 9n,and he sold
me a cutout for about $12-13.00 more. My Daughter's Malibu's starter went out,and for $80.00,I got a
rebuilt one. He had a bunch of GM and other brands on the shelf,just had to change pulleys. At the auto
parts,they wanted $160.00.

Yep and some of the auto store "rebuilds" are not actually rebuilds. They are "inspect and repair as needed". So a guy buys a "reman" and turns in a core. Lets say it's an alternator and the rectifier when bad. The "rebuilder" test it, replaces the rectifier with the cheapest one they can buy, cleans it, paints it and puts it back into the system. So then you buy it and 3 days later a bearing goes out. A true rebuilder would have replaced the bearings and any other wear items. This same shop sells a premade setup for converting the old stuff to 12 volt. It's a plug in for the GM 3 wire alternator that already has the diode inline and every thing is soldiered and has shrink tube on it.

Rick
 

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