[T3] Bosch Starter...

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Mon Apr 11 05:00:59 PDT 2011


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On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:31 PM, J. Jonik <j_jonik at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well...what kind of improvement is a More Brittle and easily- broken starter?  What would a rock kicked up from the road do to it?   This new Bosch starter is smaller...and metallic, not black.
>   Anyway, the Muir book advises giving the solenoid, not the starter, the little hammer taps.  Of course, with the "new" starters, and if hammers won't work...what to do if you're 50 miles from the nearest paved highway or any other civilization? Carry an old starter around?
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Bosch Starter...
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> On 9 Apr 2011 at 23:26, Keith Park wrote:
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>> The new starters have rare-earth magnets in them, and they are very brittle.
>> They will break if you hit them with a hammer.  If your starter quits, its time for a new starter or to rebuild the old one anyway.
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> Really? Are they all permanent magnet motors now, no field windings?
> That would be quite a change. Probably saves some space and certainly
> saves some starter current and load on the battery.
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