On a similar vein, the starter on my van went a few years ago
A new one was about $500, and if you had a core it was about $300 or so.
The contacts were bad, so I tried to just buy those, and no one would sell them to me. They just wanted to sell a new or refurb starter.
Finally i found a guy who sold them to me for $5!!! I didn't even have to remove the starter, there was a cover to pull out the brushes and put the new ones in.
$500--->$5
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