TW> I had a similar Starter o na 1971 VW Square back. At times the starter
TW> woudl niot wrok and crawling under the car and bridging the solenoid
TW> woulr gwet it to work for a while. Even though the car was uinder the
TW> Warranty the VW Dealer woudl do nothing for me because it wroked whn
TW> they tried it. When it failed on a trip. Luckly in a mini mall with a
TW> Auto parts Store I decided to Change the starter. Only problem is it was
TW> during a wind strom and sand was blowing everywhere. Never had that
TW> problem again

Yes, I have changed a starter in both my old 80 Malibu and my 2002 Monte
Carlo.  It isn't too difficult of a job.  At least when the Monte Carlo
starter failed, the weather was nice and I just had to miss a day of work.  

Rode the Harley to the parts store, picked up a lifetime warranty starter,
rode home and replaced it.  That was about 3 years ago now.  

- Mark

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