Rebuilder Specializes In "Everything"

Rebuilder Specializes In "Everything" BALE HANDLING Bale Handling (31B) 34-4-39 Garnet Townson will rebuild almost any electrical component you send him from cars, tractors or trucks. Alternators and starters are his specialty, but he will attack winch motors, starters, magnetos and others. If it can be fixed on a bench, he's probably done it, says the Class A mechanic. Increasingly, the older the component, the better. "Ironically, it's getting harder to get parts for newer equipment," says Townson. "More and more companies would rather sell assemblies or even entire units rather than individual parts." With older parts, it's often a matter of knowing where to look, he says. "I know companies that carry old parts in Canada and the U.S.," says Townson. "You just have to root and dig." He suggests calling or writing first for an estimate on parts and labor before sending anything to him. That way he can do some research, if needed. "I like to have the year and model with the model number if possible," he says. "At the least, I need to know what it's from and the make and model of it. While he works on lots of late model equipment, Townson says he has seen some unique items over the years. "I've worked on International magnetos from 1915 and 1916, starters out of the 1920's and even a generator from a 1918 Gray Dort car." Old or new, Townson gives estimates based on the difficulty of getting parts, cost of parts, and condition of the item to be rebuilt. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Garnet's Rebuilding, 2176 Hwy 654th W., R.R. #1, Callander, Ont., Canada P0H 1H0 (ph 705 752-5576; teresatownson@hotmail.com).

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