[T3] Bosch Starter...

[Jim Adney]

On 9 Apr 2011 at 23:26, Keith Park wrote:

> 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.

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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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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