Lefty,
Ok, so they replaced the armature with a new one and the switch that mounts on top?
Did they replace brushes and bushings as well? No starter drive, coils or the copper stud the switch mounts on top of?
If all they replaced was the armature and the switch then $145.00 was on the high side.
If you were in a situation where all the internal parts were replaced, armature, field coils, starter drive etc..then $145.00 would have been a great deal and more than likely under priced.
The cost factor when comparing the stomp starter to the later style with a solenoid mounted on them would be different. They used different armatures, coils and starter drives. Typically the parts and labor for your starter would more than likely be a little higher. The copper stud on your starter has to be soldered into the field coils, internal parts on your starter are typically a little higher. There is just a little more involved in your starter.
The earlier model 6 volt stomp starters are a different animal and can cost even more, even though its a stomp starter everything internally is different. Straight splined armature shaft as opposed to twisted splines, this means the starter drive has to have straight splines and not twisted. The armature body itself is more of a High torque style, larger diameter than the others, this means more copper, more material, more money. The brush holder is all made into the end cap with different springs, brush holders, brushes etc....the end cap itself becomes a separate rebuild.
Let me know what all they did to your starter and I will get back with you.
Sorry if I kind of unwound....guess I took the post wrong.
Ken
