Sailor15015:

Call Tom Patterson at Tulsa Import Parts (918) 663-7979. He got me a genuine Bosch rebuild a couple of years ago.

Dan

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Dan Taylor/ Tulsa, OK MBCA
'84 300D/'90 Jaguar XJ6/XJ40

I took the starter out of my SDL (in 10 minutes!, very easy on these) and took it to a local auto electrical shop. It cost my $113 and it came back looking like new. They polished it and painted the part that was painted. They did the works on it, brushes (I think), bendix, solenoid, and bearings. They called me the day after I dropped it off and said it needed those things but I would think they'd do the brushes at the same time wouldn't they?

If you were to drop your starter off in the morning some places could probably have it done for you by the afternoon. The place that did mine only had to order the bendix, everything else was in stock. The parts to rebuild these aren't anything special so they're common among those sort of shops.

Thanks
David

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2000 Honda Accord V6 137k miles

1972 300SEL 4.5 98k miles

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When we weren't busy at the shop I would have stuff ready to go out the door by the end of the day. That price you mention sounds about right. Its actaully a VERY easy job to do yourself (apart from the polishing) if you want to save some cash. Just roll up in there and ask for the brushes, bushings/bearings, bendix, etc.

Of course cleaning the commutator can be a bear if it isn't perfect (used to use a lathe/sandpaper combo). All depends on what you want to do

I've been told to never use crocus or emery cloth on a comutator. Only sand paper should be used, but I don't know the reason why.

P E H

Interesting...sandpaper sure works good...you have to consider though that you want the commutator to have a slightly roughness to it to seat the brushes quickly. Perhaps the emery cloth polishes rather than roughs it up?

Emery Cloth contains metallic particles that will trap between the commutator segments causing shorts between windings.

It is REALLY important to clean off all the abrasive dust after using sandpaper as the grit will also trap between segments and while it won't conduct, it will wear your brushes down in no time Use a Spray Electrical contact cleaner and wipe off thoroughly.

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1991 M-B 560SEL Arctic White/Grey 99,000 Miles
1987 M-B 300SDL Ivory/Palomino 229,000 Miles (sold but never forgotten)
2006 Volvo XC70 Blue/Beige
1999 Porsche Boxster Arena Red/Savanna Beige
1986 Porsche 928S Goldweiss/Brown