better starting
We had our starter rebuilt as a P.M. idea, after getting to over a thousand hours on the Universal.
It had worked OK, but... it's nice to take off on a multi-week vacation and have one less part of the boat to hand over to "Murphy."
Fact: after reinstalling the rebuilt starter, it turned over much faster and started the engine noticeably quicker!
Observation: I guess that it will always be hard to guage an incremental reduction in performance of systems that wear out slowly...
so my mechanic buddies that preach about P.M. (preventative maintenance) must be right.
Some parts were involved, like the solenoid (not easily rebuildable) but the cost is mostly labor. It was about $135. total, a few years ago.
If you do this with the engine out, it will save having to remove the alternator and then use a wobble-joint socket extension for the upper starter bolt. Occasional swearing was involved, as there is not much room to work on the port side of our engine. YMMV.
Food for thought.
Regards,
LB