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Old 12-07-2011 | 11:49 PM
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i would be interested as well.
Old 12-08-2011 | 01:00 AM
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Is is kinda like this one, but made and reclocked by IMI?



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Old 12-08-2011 | 02:50 AM
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Might be interested. The brush plate on my S4's starter fell apart, and I replace it with a brush plate assembly out of a bug. It is working for now, but the clock it ticking.
Old 12-08-2011 | 08:25 AM
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hopefully not the kiss of death but given our cars are getting up their in age with many on OEM starters what more life can we expect? do they fail like the light switch?

Im interseted but logistics?
Old 12-08-2011 | 08:57 AM
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Count me in.
Old 12-08-2011 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Imo000
If it's a gear reduction starter, it should sound like a Honda.
Meh.....


Old 12-08-2011 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Hacker-Pschorr
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Jeeebus!....The STARTER should sound like a Honda cranking over, not the engine.
Old 12-08-2011 | 10:22 AM
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Pic of the bottom


Pic of teef



How it sits on the engine.



Clearance when mounted.



Sorry for the crappy cell pics, my normal camera seems to have shat its self.
Old 12-08-2011 | 12:03 PM
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Talking about the stock starter. There have been some issues with starters lately.
99% of what I sell are Bosch remanufactured for $106 plus a core charge. It appears that Bosch uses a couple of different facilities for remanufacture and some were shipped with solenoids that do not say “made in Germany” on them. Maybe 6 bad starters in the last four months and all have the solenoid with no made in Germany tag. Tried to buy the solenoid as a separate part for one customer and it is not available as a Bosch part through my normal suppliers. Searching and it can be bought but looks like a knock off and made in Taiwan. Not that is all that bad so I have a couple on order for one of my International customers to try out.
We now weed out the not made in Germany starters so hopefully the issue will go away.
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Old 12-08-2011 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by T_MaX
Is is kinda like this one, but made and reclocked by IMI?
Those Ebay <$150 starters suck. They don't seem to fit right on the '83-up starter mounts as they tend to bind up, and they don't have enough gusto to turn 32Vs autos fast enough. Worked fine on my '81 auto, though.

(BTW, I have two of those starters, one almost new, if anyone with a 4.5L is looking. )
Old 12-08-2011 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by PorKen
Those Ebay <$150 starters suck. They don't seem to fit right on the '83-up starter mounts as they tend to bind up, and they don't have enough gusto to turn 32Vs autos fast enough. Worked fine on my '81 auto, though.

(BTW, I have two of those starters, one almost new, if anyone with a 4.5L is looking. )
Me too. Roger - need one of these.
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Roger,This is gonna work with the pan spacer right?
Old 12-08-2011 | 01:39 PM
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Any idea how much current draw these starters have compared to stock?

Dan
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Old 12-08-2011 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by the flyin' scotsman
hopefully not the kiss of death but given our cars are getting up their in age with many on OEM starters what more life can we expect? do they fail like the light switch?

Im interseted but logistics?
ILL second that Roger, I am interested but I may have to save up for after Christmas as the wedding kind of drained my pockets.
Brad
Old 12-08-2011 | 02:38 PM
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I will take one the next time I order some stuff. Would love to hear a sound clip. The woofing noise of the factory starter will be missed. Hope the new one has as much character.

Thanks,
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