Best starter?

[samwise]

So, of all the current options, including FLAPS, what is the best option for a new starter, including remanufactured, for my '79?
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Ben
1979 7-passenger bus
Harvee the Wonder Bus' pics

[Brian]

I've had good luck with Duralast from AutoZone. The O'Reiley's brand ain't that great.
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[timvw7476]

^at one point, one of those FLAPS sold rebuilt bus starters with two brushes
instead of four. That FLAPS wasn't Autozone.

[Bendejo]

I bought the tdi starter adaptor plate from bus depot and installed a self supporting starter from a Jetta. Solved my cranking noises.

[pioneer1]

I'd try to find a shop to rebuild the original. Auto electric shops are getting rare though
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[scubaseas]

Bosch reman are good units from my experience.
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Al

08/1970 T2a Westphalia owned since 1980

ASE Master certification. 50 years pushing a wrench
Retired

[airschooled]

I THINK the late buses have the luxury of using the GoWesty gear reduction starter... Guaranteed to make your cranking issues and wallet disappear!

For the record, Genuine Bosch starters haven’t started to suck just yet. Get them while we can.....

Robbie
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[musktchup]

hands down auto zone.
put mine on in 99' along with a hard start kit and has never been an issue since.
good torque and speed

Also has life time warranty.

[richparker]

All the new Bosch starters I’ve seen in the last year or so have all been manufactured in Mexico and sound like shit. I’m currently running one from Autozone (lifetime warranty) with no issues and there’s an autozone in just about every town if you need to warranty it.
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[Danwvw]

Yeah, the ReMans all have problems but the Bosch SR-17X reMan is not too bad. These are very heavy duty starters too.

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[airschooled]

This was the last FLAPS starter I installed after three days of driving. Luckily it jammed into the flywheel and never came back, which only caused us to come skidding to a stop in the middle of an intersection, nothing unsafe or anything....

Robbie


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EDIT: Don’t ever do this with a standard starter; only automatic starters have the self-supporting bushing to withstand a bench test like this. Standard starters must be tested installed in a transaxle.
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[Spike0180]

[Bendejo]

[Wildthings]

[danfromsyr]

if you want NEW, STOCK and economical and are willing to goto a vanagon starter, the solenoid is clocked different.. and I'm unsure if it'll interfer with the gas tank? so look closely at both.

then there's a company having NEW starters made and rock auto has them for ~$70
http://www.rockauto.com/en/parts/power+select,17066N,starter+motor,4152

I've only been running 2 of them since May 2018.. one in my 1.8T vanagon and one in my 2.1 vanagon. YMMV

about power select http://powerselectparts.com/about-us

[samwise]

[danfromsyr]

hahah,, I know I'm always living in the past...
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[Wildthings]

[samwise]

[SGKent]

usually it is the solenoid. I prefer to keep the old starter if I know its history. we don't experience the expanded windings like larger block motors sometimes do.
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