Things like alternators and starters and electric window motors I would just rebuild rather than replace. It's generally the carbon brushes and bearings that wear out on them and it's not that hard to do.
Oh, fuck that. I value my time more than I value the money saved.
Even if I'm wasting that time, I still value it more than money saved from fixing it myself. I'm just a swap and replace kinda guy - unless I have no choice in the matter.
The price of Bentley starters and alternators and whatnot would probably be enough to get me to rebuild them. It may take a whole lot more of my time to purchase the parts than to rebuild the old ones
Yeah. I value my time pretty highly. I value it like, "How much would that time be worth if I were to charge someone for my time?"
Did you figure out what's wrong yet?
Also, it's a damned good thing that it broke now instead of in February or something like that.
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