Used to ne a weekly event for me when I used to off road the 90 a lot, deep water buggers everything.
Amazingly the cheapie britpart one took to the stripping/cleaning better than the bosch unit which finally died, britpart one is still on the car a decade later.
Amazingly the cheapie britpart one took to the stripping/cleaning better than the bosch unit which finally died, britpart one is still on the car a decade later.
Flossie
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Both mine are valeos which seem well made. The one in the pic has a reduction gear set up, the one I've cleaned up and is now on the car is direct drive. Doesn't wang it over as fast but she's a cracking starter(200tdi) anyway and doesn't need a lot. My only worry is how to reattach the 2 brush leads that go to the field windings, if that's the correct terminology, they appear to be spot welded on. The other 2 brushes are fitted to the brush plate so are pre fitted on a new plate I guess. Two of the brush springs snapped through rust so a new plate is needed which takes care of 2 of the 4 brushes and the brush spring issues so I might reuse the other two brushes attached to the windings and just clean them up.
