Originally Posted by Garyd
Originally Posted by 1foxracing
You might want to search your local area for a shop that rebuilds alternators and starters, use to be a real common thing but maybe they are all disappearing like all the old Mom and Pop chroming shops.
There is a real good auto-electric guy near me that I would use if I could get the starter out myself. He charges only $75 to rebuild the starter!
this. I did the same on our beloved 2004 TSX earlier this year; get a rebuild from great local shop. took me 1.5 hr because I am not an experienced, but i took the time and clean up the dirt in the intake while taking them off.
check with your local forum or car guys and see where do they go for starter rebuild. in old days there is yellow pages that list bunch of rebuild shop; you may have to search forum and calling around tp find out. these parts rebuild shop usually located in the area populated with auto-repair shops (they need each others).
after years of doing light maintenance and repair on my own car, I learn OE parts have the best fit and quality (HONDA/ACURA in this case), so OE is always my 1st choice, and if I have to use the aftermarket, I will save my OE part for later, repair or rebuild myself and make it a spare. so I call the shop and confirm it's a rebuild off OE stater, and later pickup rebuild starter off this old guy, and I didnt return the core.
on the side note, the day I visit, the old guy the owner is the alone in the shop with dim light, with a few old, nice car park inside. the shop is probalby not getting much business now because of flood cheap reman on market and same day delivery. he is probably holding the fort like he used decades ago. sometimes I wonder if I shall get the alternator/starter for my other cars before he close the shop....