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Originally Posted by monkeyodeath
..... not sure I'd ever pay a shop to do it unless I couldn't source the parts myself. ...
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Respectfully, I have watched a guy rebuild alternators and starters and he had the text equipment and expertise. He tested the various circuits within the windings, for example. You mentioned parts availability which is important, as you say. If a winding were leaking, he might have a source for that. Maybe no, but he might.
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Originally Posted by dkirk
... the specialty shop is attractive also, especially if they could handle it for around $130.00.
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This is my choice. But then again, I am 62 and should retire but I haven't, and that means there are demands on my time. Plus cooking and gardening and music and guys and relatives and friends and..... If I cannot not get my alternator rebuilt (and my starter, likely this winter) I might just get a new one. But I'd likely be less confident of the new one than a locally rebuilt one. The guys in Tacoma know what they are doing. They will retire soon.