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Re: [Spridgets] Starter Brush Springs Needed

To: Allen Hefner <lbc77mg@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Starter Brush Springs Needed
From: Jim Johnson <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:32:24 -0500
McMaster Carr???

Cheers!!
Jim

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Allen Hefner <lbc77mg@gmail.com> wrote:

> You should be able to find a spring that will work.  It's only a spring and
> they are available in all sorts of sizes.
> See http://www.harborfreight.com/200-piece-assorted-spring-set-67562.html
> I would ask at a decent auto supply store and take the good spring with
> you.  Make sure to replace them both.
>
> You could buy a rebuilt starter, use the spring, and throw the rest
> away...well, maybe that's not such a good idea.
>
> We have a starter/generator/alternator shop in Jenkintown, PA that is
> totally old school.  He has an antique test bench that he still uses.  Lots
> of big gauges mounted on a beautiful sheet of hardwood.  He rebuilt a
> starter for me once, that was SOOOO much better than the rebuilt I bought
> from one of the usual sources...that didn't work.
>
>  Allen Hefner
> Norristown, PA
>
> *Current:*
> 2006 Chebbie
> *Former:*
> 1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III
> 1967 Triumph TR4A IRS
> 1964 VW Type I
> 1967 VW Type II
> 1967 Rover 2000TC
> 1977 MG Midget
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Doug Altman <doug_altman@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Okay, guys, I really messed up this time.  Original 1959 Mark 1 Bugeye
> > 948cc.
> > My starter wouldn't work.  Tore it apart.  All corroded inside so brushes
> > would not move.  Got everything cleaned and freed up but broke a brush
> > spring
> > in the process.  They are old and brittle.  None of the usual LBC parts
> > suppliers carry them.  Does anybody know where I can purchase a new set
> or
> > have cross reference numbers for a readily available set from a car parts
> > store?  Tomorrow I visit the only starter repair shop in the tri-cities
> to
> > see
> > if they can help, but you know how that goes!  Thanks.  Doug    ....o~'o
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