Lightweight Starter - Any Interest??
#17
Is is kinda like this one, but made and reclocked by IMI?
https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...for-928-a.html
https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...for-928-a.html
#18
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.
#19
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?
Im interseted but logistics?
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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.
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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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission? George Layton March 2014
928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
#25
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. )
(BTW, I have two of those starters, one almost new, if anyone with a 4.5L is looking. )
#26
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. )
(BTW, I have two of those starters, one almost new, if anyone with a 4.5L is looking. )
#29
Brad
#30
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,
Hans
Thanks,
Hans