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On 24 Mar 2005 at 18:05, Type 3 Junkie wrote: > "In many of the newest ones you > can't replace it separately. So now you get to replace the whole thing, at a > very expensive price." > > Not true at all....The unit we sell can have just the VR replaced by > themselves if needed. Also the cost of the internal VR is about 15-25, but I > would say unless the alternator is installed backwards they VR will not need > a replacement for many years. Well, YOU were the one who said that this "eliminated" the VR. > "There are no NEW generators out there for our cars. They are all rebuilds." > > We have been told by our supplier that the generators on the market are > indeed "NEW" not rebuilds, this is why a core is no longer needed when we do > purchase them [at least here in our part of the country], since it is > completely new ...cores are not required any more. Your suppliers are misinformed. The reason they don't want the cores back is that they have all the cores they need for the forseeable future. It's just because the demand has fallen so low. This is standard practice in any rebuild industry. If there was a need to make actual NEW units, this would be indicative of demand, and the cores would be required. > "Have you been using Genuine Bosch VRs?"......Yes......I try to use all > German parts I can [if avail]..I have seen many Bosch VR go south ....But > who is to say as no one has the same results with many of these parts > > > > "And when a generator system needs attention I can usually fix it completely > for less than $50 (new VR), often for less than $10 (new brushes.) Can you > say the same?" > > Ok true you can ......but does everyone want to ? I think that is up to the > owner. Agreed. For those who don't see price as an issue. Clearly I'm not among that group. > "It > has significant benefits to a few, but it has its costs, too." > > Can you please explain this statement...? Costs? what would that be? Repair of generator system, $10-50 & a couple hours of time (max) Replacement of generator system, $190 & a couple (?) hours of time. For most of us, I still say that's a lot of extra $ for no advantage. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~