Is $165 a fair price for a rebuilt starter?

[Barn Owl]

Is $165 a fair price for a rebuilt starter for my 4106? My solenoid was bad and the complete unit cost $40. I figure if I am buying a solenoid anyway, so for $125 more I get a rebuilt starter. What do you think?

[Gary '79 5C]

I think that you received a fair deal. With peoples labor rate great deals are a thing of the past if the work was done correctly. Parts are fewer and fewer to find quickly. You needed it and got it done, quickly.

Go out and enjoy. I run two Mercedes and know their parts are much higher. Apples to oranges but the point is that there few units of each out there.

Take care,

Gary

[Gary LaBombard]

My next door neighbor just bought a Starter for his ford tractor to bush hog with, it cost him $415, yep that's right.  The tractor is 20 years old.  You got a deal for a bus starter at that price.
Gary

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hi Barn Owl,

I think if I were stuck on the side of a highway, $1000.00 would be fair to me..

It depends on how you look at things. And the situation your in at the time.

If I were just buying a spare, then $175.00 would be in my mind also.

I hope you were not stuck at the time.....lol

Good Luck
Nick-

[Hi yo silver]

B.O.
Yep, based on my experience, that's a deal!  You might want to keep the old starter, rather than turning it in for the core charge, and use it as a spare. 
Dennis

[JackConrad]

Definately a good deal. We purchased a rebuilt starter for our MC-8 8V71 about 6 years ago $225.00 plus core.  Jack

[RJ]

Just make sure it's a LH starter, not a RH one!

FWIW & HTH. . .

[Buffalo SpaceShip]

Laryn, that's a great deal for a rebuilt. I paid a little over $200 last fall for a rebuilt 24v version... and I was happy at that price. It's a massive hunk of metal.

When you have a day to budget for the work, go ahead and replace the starter. It's a booger of a job on a v-drive, so plan on some bleeding and cursing, and getting dirtier you've ever been before. Since you have the V730 tranny, it's probably easier now than when your coach had the Spicer, since there's no bellcranks in your way. You'll do most of the work through the top hatch... just put a tarp over anything and everything in your back room that you don't want destroyed.

Get yourself a hefty tow strap and your life will be much easier hefting the beast out of there and wrangling the new one in place. Go ahead and replace any of those #4/0 wires that look suspect. Cheap insurance, and much easier to do now than on the side of the road!

I'll leave you with a pic of what it looked like after my old starter was pulled.

Call me if you need any advice or moral support...
bb

[Dallas]

It only took me about 20 minutes to get the starter out of Craig Kerrs 4905. I went through the access panel from inside. The hardest part was getting the panel loose because the bolt retainers just wanted to spin.

You will also have to remove the pin on the clevis for the clutch, I believe, but that's not too hard to put back either.

Good luck.

Dallas