trader_4 wrote:
On Friday, December 4, 2015 at 11:02:09 AM UTC-5, dangerous dan wrote:
wrote:
On Friday, December 4, 2015 at 8:57:57 AM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
On Friday, December 4, 2015 at 5:53:10 AM UTC-5, SBH wrote:
On 12/4/2015 1:59 AM, dangerous dan wrote:
A store on eBay has a new starter for my vehicle for $80.00. NAPA auto
parts has one starting at $130.00.
Do you think buying a starter from eBay would be a good starter?

Does anyone have any bad experiences buying auto parts, like a starter
from eBay?

The eBay store is located in the US, although the part is probably made
in China. It will be shipped from the US.



Denso is the manufacturer and is a decent brand.

I doubt this is really a Denso starter. In the beginning of the listing
in the field for manufacturer, manufacturer's part number, etc it clearly
says Crank-n-Charge. That means it's a cheap no-name, typically Chinese,
that the lister is selling under their own house name.
Later down in the description, it does say the manufacturer is Denso, so
at the very least it's totally contradictory. Usually these kinds of listings
don't flat out contradict, instead they list equivalent Denso, Bosch numbers
to mislead you into thinking it's made by them. But this one, flat out
says two different things.

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+1
If you look at the starters at the crankncharge website, their
descriptions typically look something like this:
CRANK-N-CHARGE
NEW 12 VOLT STARTER REPLACES KTM 60040001000, DENSO 428000-1560
"Replaces" does not typically mean OEM.
In addition, for what it's worth, the crankncharge search utility
s-u-c-k-s. If you take that DENSO part number directly from their
description and put it in the search field, you get:
Search Results for "428000-1560"
Your search for "428000-1560" did not match any products.
Did you mean: 40000 1500
How would you search for a replacement starter if their search
engine can't find the OEM part number that *they* say the starter
replaces?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331284219233...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

This link shows its a DENSO, and is a direct replacement for the starter that come on the truck. Here's a link to a picture of my original starter.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x4xr2l863...BNtLy30ha?dl=0



The issue wasn't what's on the truck now, the issue was that I don't think
the starter on Ebay that you showed is a Denso. IMO, it's likely a cheap
Chinese no-name.

Then in addition to fitment, gotta check the electrical specs. too.
Denso is widely used amongst Japanese vehicles.