Can you believe it? After 262,000 miles the starter gave out. And of the 11,000 miles I have had it I only fired it up about 4-5 times a day

Anyway, has anyone bought one of the "new" starters on E-bay? Specifically at Diesel Care and Performance.New gear reduction 5.9 5.9L Dodge Cummins Starter : eBay Motors (item 350284483467 end time Mar-25-10 12:58:12 PDT)

Also, does anyone know where to get a rebuild kit for a starter? The starter is from a 96 Dodge with a manual.

my 92 dually made 594,000 miles on the original starter. why is yours weak so early

course mine was a long distance hotshotter.

my starter parts cost 11 bucks, brushes and contacts from kline in marsing.

larry b Foster Truck has upgraded contacts worth of getting.

Thanks Muddster. I'll rebuild the one I have,but I still want to get a spare.

Go down and talk to Brian and High Torque Electric in Boise. He as a great guy to deal with, and always has sold me an OE replacement for an extremely affordable price. Plus, he is local. He has got a hole in the wall shop down by Jim's Appliance near the Ann Morrison park entrance off of Capitol. He should have brush and contact kits as well.

Thats what you get for owning a dodge.

Who owns a Dodge? I have a HMMWV, and Dad owns a Ford. We just use REAL truck engines, instead of converted gas engines. LOL
I bought the starter on E-bay, 112$ shipped. I'll take the starter apart tomorrow, and see what will need to be replaced. Thanks for the help guys, except you Sycostang67. LOL

I do what I can.

Well... Dad and I took apart the old starter, and cleaned it. Grease, dirt aplenty. One contact was smooshed, the other was OK. Two brushes were shorter then the other two, and the armature has pits in it. The pits in the armature make it unusable for a replacement unit, so I'll replace the contact and two of the brushes, and just use it for a temporary backup unit.