Having beefed for years about rotten workmanship, overpriced repairs, shoddy treatment etc etc etc.
I thought I should heap some praise on a company that really do know what they are doing, do a brilliant on-time job, are easy and pleasant to deal with, offer complete no-quibble guarrantees and and are ludicrously cheap!
Auto Unit of Dunstan Gate, Paxton Road, Gorse Lane Instrial Estate, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 4LR 01255 433363.
This is a small business, but by god do they know what they are doing.
Any problem with a starter motor or alternator or any small electrical motor, talk to them.
I had my Volvo 2020 stater motor rebuilt by them a year ago (A Volvo Fitter burnt it out by continually cranking an engine that wouldn't start!) It was a horrible burnt thing, all the windings, comutator, brushes etc completely dissolved by heat, the casing blackened.
2 days later it came back looking like new repainted with a 12 month warranty. Cost under £40, price of a new Volvo Motor - nearly £300.
Several friends with both ancient and modern starter motors and alternators (plus the odd dynamo/dynastart) some just knackered, some drowned, some burnt out, have used this company, they all come back looking like new for a fraction of the price of a new one. They have even been known to do a quick fix to an small elecrtical item & not charge at all.
Out local YC has a rescue boat with a big Honda 4 stroke outboard, we've had continual problems with the Bendix on its starter motor, they fixed it (a new spring & a bit of magic) no charge.
So any problems use this outfit!
