Might work.
My experience with 617 starters is that when they die, they are dead.
No beating ever got mine to turn over. (unlike many other cars I have owned)
I would get a new one with a life time guarantee, and make sure you have a real good battery.
That will end your problems, hopefully, for a long time.

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