That sounds plausible.

Now I'm at my second, more serious issue, probably should start a new thread. The reman does indeed to be OEM - Spanish made motor, Bosch made solenoid, but the post on the reman, the smallest post, is quite a bit bigger than the original. My metric calipers are lost, my english measure the large post on the reman at 15/64ths - just under 6 mm.

The original is 9/64ths, or about 3.5 mm. Must be 4. It has a stamp of '15 A' near it. The reman has a stamp of 50. No "A" - I can assume it was implied. I bought it mail order, will likely need to ship it back.

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