is my starter toast? (pbly already know the answer)

[roccolister@hotmail.com (Craig Williams)]

I was afraid you'd ask that. I don't remember. It was newer then what you 
were thinking, and yes, they might all work. Give Mike Potter a call and 
he'll know which one for sure. He'll be able to order it for ya too.

-- Craig


>From: Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>To: Craig Williams <roccolister@hotmail.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: is my starter toast? (pbly already know the answer)
>Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:09:35 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>Thanks Craig - what year TDIs should I look at? Early 80's Jetta Turbo 
>Diesel, mid '90s Passat TDI, Mk IV Jetta TDI....
>(in response to my smart-assed-ness, you'll probably tell me they're all 
>the same!)    :)  thx again!
>JT
>  Craig Williams wrote:Sounds like the starter is gone. If you're going to 
>buy a new starter,
>consider going with one from a turbo diesel car. Those things crank up 
>super
>fast. That's what I put in my car and it's killer.
>
>-- Craig
>
>
> >From: "Jeff Toomasson"
> >To:
> >Subject: is my starter toast? (pbly already know the answer)
> >Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:56:00 -0700
> >
> >When I got into my 16v at lunch, I turned the key and the cranking was
> >screeching much like worn belts.. UGGHHH!
> >
> >It actually started and ran without problems. An hour later after lunch 
>the
> >starter was even noiser and laboring much like when the battery is
> >drained...(though the battery is less than a year old and of the highest
> >cranking amps available). I'm sure I'll have a better idea when I leave 
>in
> >a few minutes...
> >
> >The thing is, it just happened all of a sudden. No warning, no
> >nothing...Welcome back to Scirocco ownership, folks!
> >
> >Looks like I'm driving the cabby for the rest of the week (not a bad 
>thing
> >except that my stock cat-back has rusted apart - can you say header? 
>(well,
> >not really...)
> >
> >JT
>
>
>
>
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