1G Starter replacement

[Kettlar 91 laser rs]

Is it worth to send your stock oem starter in to get in reman’d if you have it still? If not is there a starter that is best to use

 

[Kettlar 91 laser rs]

Im looking on rock auto, and the manual starters are cheaper by about $20 on every brand. Is there a reason why they are cheaper? Do they line up the same and work the same? The manuals seem to have this extra hose on the bottom, any reason for that?

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[wparks]

Hi- The factory remanufactured starters are done in bulk, so should be WAY cheaper than having your one starter custom remanufactured. That would be my last resort. I have no idea why there is a hose (that's weird), or what the exact difference is between the manual and automatic starter. However, I do know that REMY would not go through the trouble of maintaining inventory of two different versions of the starter with different part numbers if one version would serve both. I would suspect the difference is in the ring gear between the manual flywheel and the automatic torque converter. It could be a difference in the bendix gear shape or throw. Buy the one specifically for the your version of the car- the automatic. In the end this is much cheaper than trying the manual, chewing up the bendix, then getting stuck with a non-returnable part that is greasy and damaged and having to then buy the one for the automatic anyway. At $105 I'd probably spend a couple of days rolling around in the dirt trying to pull one from a junkyard first, but that's just my cheap, masacistic nature :^)