scofolo

I took the vette up to goodyear this morning to get an inspection. My starter was beginning to show signs of its age. Every few starts it took a couple of cranks to start up. I have began lookig at prices of new starers and was going to drive to the auto parts store to pick one up right after the inspection. Well, they had the car turned on and it was up on the lift. The mechanic came into the waiting room and said, "Sir, your car will not turn off." They were turning the car off to complete the inspection and the starter kept cranking when they turned it off." After about a minute of this, the starter started to smoke. They quickly disconnected the battery and it turned the engine off.

I guess I was lucky to have it go out while it was already up on the lift in the mechanics bay. I would much rather have it go out there on my day off than when I am running late for a meeting or in the staging lanes at the track. Though I didn't really want goodyear to do the work, I can't complain too much. They are fixing it right now. At least they do good work there and I trust the guys.

dnut24

you're probably better off, it was a pain replacing mine.

Square

If you were lucky enough to have the starter die at a shop you trust then I wouldn't worry about the money.