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Old 04-10-2012, 09:49 PM
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Default Are remanufactured Denso starters worth a crap?

I'm finding them on ebay for $85.00-$100.00

I know that any cheap rebuild is no kind of long term solution but in a 95 C4 that I probably will not have for very much longer...

It is also about half the price for the same starter sourced locally.

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with them
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Corvette-Sta...84de70&vxp=mtr
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Asking to buy cheap crap is not the way to handle Corvette ownership. Buy a new starter they last
15-20+ years that makes it above cost effectiveness.
Old 04-11-2012, 01:07 AM
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Buy the good stuff.....otherwise, when you go to sell it and the buyer is test driving the car is when the cheapo will fail.

Murphy's law.
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I needed a new starter for mine about 6 years ago. I needed it in a hurry so I bought the parts store reman. Rather than give them my OEM one for a pathetic core charge I took it and had it rebuilt. Now when (not if) my parts store piece fails I already have a replacement. I am really surprised it has lasted this long.

If time is not an issue, which it sounds like it isn't, see if you a have a local rebuilder. You will get an OEM quality starter for a reman price if you can wait a few days.

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