I've had problems with my starter kinda like you're having with your alternator. It would sparatically go out. I replaced it with an Autozone starter, then it went out a week later. I took it back to Autozone and got another one, just for it to go out the next day. So I talked to a guy that I autocrossed with and turns out, he works for a company that rebuilds starters and alternators for all kinds of vehicles/equipment (18-wheelers, bull dozers, etc). He said they can also rebuild regular car alternators/starters. So I gave him the original starter out of my car (the one that lasted 150k miles) and he rebuilt it and it has never had a problem since. Only cost me about $70-80 too. He said he sees countless parts come from Autozone/PepBoys that are crap. He also said that the original part out of your car is worth more than replacing it because it's already lasted 100+k miles and once it's rebuilt with the right parts, it'll last another 100+k miles.
Maybe you should see if you can find a place to rebuild your starter? John On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Fred Bocskor wrote: > It freakin pours (or something like that). Well, some higher power is > telling me it's time to get a NEW car, because the last 4 days have been > hell with my CRXes. > > First off, I got pulled over on Thursday driving back from Autozone picking > up a rebuilt alternator for my 91 HF. Anyways, long story short, my window > tint is apparently on the dark side of the law, or force, or whatever you > ascribe to. So, I need to switch cars or lighten/remove the tint. Great. 7 > years I've owned the car, and put almost 70k miles on it, with never a > problem before. Now all of a sudden, here we go. > > So, after switching to driving the 91 HF again (AC is *really* nice in this > heat we've been having!), I got the alternator replaced. Was fine for two > days. Tonight on my way home, I start losing juice. Everything engine-wise > seemed perfectly fine, but all the lights and electronics go dark. Great, > I've experienced this before: alternator failure. Yep, my (new) rebuilt > alternator lasted a whopping 48 hours. So, I need to take the thing apart > and replace it AGAIN. Those of you who have done this job know it's no fun > whatsoever. > > So, my two reliable Hondas are out of commission for the time being, due to > no reason on Honda's part whatsoever. Got the HF towed back to the house > after it died halfway home from work tonight. > > So, if all goes well (after a little budget double-checking tonight), I'll > be on my way down to Milwaukee to purchase a new RSX! Then I NEED to sell > the HF after I get it back running. Soemtimes, I really hate cars. > > Fred >
