Van booked in, yay!

mariesnowgoose said:
If it needs a new starter motor, Merl, then a new one it will have.

I’ve looked up (I think!) what they might cost for this particular van version.

1. they appear to be available and 2. they don’t seem to be too expensive (sub £100 - excluding fitting, obvs) - but got all my fingers and toes crossed as ever! 😱🤞🙂
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A new one will be available for sure. You could rebuild the entire VW part of the van with parts available :)
mariesnowgoose said:
Will all depend on the verdict from the garage. 🤷‍♀️

You have to remember I am not a mechanic and I’m too old and buggered to start and learn how to be one now…. there is no way I’ll be taking out a starter motor and dismantling it!! 🤪🤣🤣🤣
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Often the most cost-effective solution is just to replace the bugger rather than spend ages troubleshooting the issue and trying to repair - especially when a part gets to an age when it is more than likely pretty well worn out anyway.
This is why in my motorhome, I gave the garage a new alternator to fit. I've no doubt the old one could be serviced and fixed, but it is in such an awkward place a lot of the cost will probably be labour either way, plus it is 17 years old so a fix is likely shorter term solution than a replacement, and plus it gives the opportunity to get a better performing one in there.
 
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wildebus said:
A new one will be available for sure. You could rebuild the entire VW part of the van with parts available :)

Often the most cost-effective solution is just to replace the bugger rather than spend ages troubleshooting the issue and trying to repair - especially when a part gets to an age when it is more than likely pretty well worn out anyway.
This is why in my motorhome, I gave the garage a new alternator to fit. I've no doubt the old one could be serviced and fixed, but it is in such an awkward place a lot of the cost will probably be labour either way, plus it is 17 years old so a fix is likely shorter term solution than a replacement, and plus it gives the opportunity to get a better performing one in there.
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Bit like women really
 
alcam said:
Bit like women really
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wildebus said:
I did wonder if Marie was thinking I was talking about Neil ;)

Garage STILL has my motorhome (hey, beats paying storage fees!).
Hopefully get Steve back tomorrow (Renamed him 'Steve' as he will be like the six million dollar man after being fettled for so long!)
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I had a mate called Steve who owned an Austin mini, the car was always in the garage having something repaired. Of course whenever it went back in for ANOTHER repair the tag line was "Steve's Austin....we can rebuild it gentlemen"
 
merl said:
I had a mate called Steve who owned an Austin mini, the car was always in the garage having something repaired. Of course whenever it went back in for ANOTHER repair the tag line was "Steve's Austin....we can rebuild it gentlemen"
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Steve, I worked with a bloke called Steve Austin.

He got pretty pissed off every time he walked past me and I uttered "Steve Austin... a man barely alive". Which I think somehow morphed into "Steve Austin... barely a man" :)
 
Robmac said:
Steve, I worked with a bloke called Steve Austin.

He got pretty pissed off every time he walked past me and I uttered "Steve Austin... a man barely alive". Which I think somehow morphed into "Steve Austin... barely a man" :)
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Ohh, I remember now, it was an Austin mini van that my mate Steve owned, We used to say "Steve's Austin...A van barely alive, we can rebuild it gentlemen"
 
Robmac said:
Steve, I worked with a bloke called Steve Austin.

He got pretty pissed off every time he walked past me and I uttered "Steve Austin... a man barely alive". Which I think somehow morphed into "Steve Austin... barely a man" :)
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LOL! So did I. Back in the 80s when I was in my late teens in my DJ days I was a resident DJ at Walworth Castle near Darlo and one of the "turns" I worked with on a regular basis over Christmas was a one man band who named himself Steve Austin. :D It might have even been his real name. I would do an hour then he would come on, then repeat. It sounds totally shite and Phoenix nights but he was actually really good and we had a great rapport. We thought we were dead cool. . :ROFLMAO: Yeah we had all the six million dollar man jokes. Brilliant days (Well nights).
 
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