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What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
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01/17/12 05:01 PM
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bronco9588
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So I have been shopping around for a mini-starter and can't help but ponder the ebay mini-starter motors. They have just as good claims for starters being 3X the cost on summitracing. Are they just going to burn up after 5 starts, or are they actually descent motors?
'73 Charger Petty Blue, Black Vinyl, and Gill Slits
727 torque-flight
400 BB Chrysler
8 3/4 rear
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Re: What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
[Re: bronco9588]
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01/17/12 06:10 PM
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I got mine off ebay from DB Electrical. Used it all last season. Been awesome so far.
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1969 Super Bee, 383/4 speed
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Re: What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
[Re: MY340]
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01/17/12 09:30 PM
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Good to know... Looks like they are $76 on ebay.
'73 Charger Petty Blue, Black Vinyl, and Gill Slits
727 torque-flight
400 BB Chrysler
8 3/4 rear
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Re: What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
[Re: Belvedere2]
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01/18/12 11:53 AM
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Got mine from the same place; DB Electrical. Been good so far.
same here.
I have 2 of them in service with no complaints.
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Re: What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
[Re: gtx6970]
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01/18/12 12:37 PM
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i got mine off ebay,cant remember the name but in the add he claims to REBUILD the starters in the USA i only paid 35.00 5 years ago,its on a 10.to1 compression street motor.i think the last one i bought last year from the same guy was up to like 45 bucks.their not new starters but when he says he rebuilds them the guy must know his stuff cause mine work great.i think the guys ebay name is: A-1 truck:
Last edited by bonefish; 01/18/12 12:47 PM.
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Re: What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
[Re: cjskotni]
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01/18/12 12:59 PM
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Do what I did. I bought my starter from Autozone or Advance for 60$ or so. It works great on my 499 stroker with 10.5:1 compression.
Get the OEM starter for a early 90's Dodge RAM with the 5.2L.....same exact item as the mini-starter...bolted right up to my BB.
Lifetime warranty, local returns....done!
i never have much luck with the az or comprable alts or starters.
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Re: What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
[Re: Commando1]
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01/19/12 11:25 AM
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Those ebay $70 starters are the same as Mancini's $125 starters. 
Yup, and they're all the same as junkyard magnum truck engine starters that you can pick up for $15 and they never seem to die!
as much as I hate Ebay, it seems that with all this off-shore manufacturing, whatever we can buy from our "trusted mopar parts supplier" we can find it on ebay at half price for the exact same item.
I bought a set of hughes roller rockers for a Magnum headed small block... he had the best price that I had seen on all the roller rockers, $250 for the set.
they came in and have "350" etched into them, and the box said "chevy parts" then I find out that on Ebay, the exact same roller rockers are being sold, advertised as a small block chevy roller rocker, and the whole set is only $100.
Hughes is marking them up $150!!!!
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Re: What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
[Re: screamindriver]
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01/19/12 05:48 PM
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We bought 2 of them from the rebuild guy on ebay one for the hemi and one for my cuda it spins the hemi over like its a 4 cyl. Lol think it was 30-40 bucks
1970 barracuda convert. 1 of 59
1970 pro street A.A.R. clone (panther pink)
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2015 hellcat challenger. Redline red
2014 quad cab 4x4 ram 8 speed hemi
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Re: What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
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01/24/12 02:23 PM
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We bought 2 of them from the rebuild guy on ebay one for the hemi and one for my cuda it spins the hemi over like its a 4 cyl. Lol think it was 30-40 bucks
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Re: What is the Catch with ebay Starter Motors
[Re: cjskotni]
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01/25/12 10:35 AM
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Do what I did. I bought my starter from Autozone or Advance for 60$ or so. It works great on my 499 stroker with 10.5:1 compression.
Get the OEM starter for a early 90's Dodge RAM with the 5.2L.....same exact item as the mini-starter...bolted right up to my BB.
Lifetime warranty, local returns....done!
I agree, did the same thing, except with Pepboys. Luckily haven't had to return it yet but if I ever burn it up, getting another one free is hard to beat.
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