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On 28 Aug 2005 at 16:50, fess wrote: > On Aug 27, 2005, at 5:05 AM, Jim Adney wrote: > > > On 26 Aug 2005 at 23:07, fess wrote: > > > >> Finally got a moment, I popped the starter back out, and put the > >> bushing in, following Russ' no VW tool trick. > > > > Don't keep us in suspense. Did it help? > > yes. but I replaced the starter as well, > > you probably wanted to know if the bushing was the only problem. Or if it really was a problem at all. I've replaced several starters. I've only ever needed to replace the bushing once (plus the bushing we replaced on John Jaranson's '66.) > It's possible the old starter was worth trying, but I was short on > time.. > I just didn't want a bad bushing to put a strain on the new starter. > [ But in my head, I do hear the lecture about not just willy nilly > replacing parts. ] Hadn't thought of that, but, sure. ;-) > The new starter seemed to work well in the old bushing for the week > that I had it like that. Then the bushing was probably not the problem. May have just needed brushes. (I stock brushes.) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~