Originally Posted By NTOLERANCE
I buy one brand of starter

Wilson. I get them at NAPA. They aren’t NAPA branded. As I recall they were rebuilt in Canada. Have to ask for them specifically.
As a forklift Tech I went through a lot of starters. Forklifts are started 20 times a day or more.
We would buy a new “oem” starter and spend four hours changing it only to have it fail next week. One of my coworkers left our parts dept for NAPA. He suggested a Wilson one time and I’ve never got a bad one.

All of my IDI diesels have had one. 400 cranking psi
The coronet has one as well- I went with the ram truck starter.


http://wilsonautoelectric.com/Aboutus

Truthfully all the Denso style starters for these are good. Wilson is no longer made in Canada, they sold out I would guess 8-10 years ago. It is also owned by BBB and all their rebuiding is done in Mexico, on he exact same line as the other brands they sell under. It just gets relabeled