So I sat down with the starter and "new gear" in front of me and called PowerMaster again to tell them the gear they sent was the same as the one on the starter. So after being on hold for a while the guy comes back, apologizes, and says they sent me the wrong gear, that thier Bill of Material for the AMC #9515 Mini-Starter is still incorrect, and the person who pulled packaged and shipped the part to me went buy the BOM 111!!!
So he's still not sure if they have any of the 9 tooth pieces, but said he will locate one even if he needs to take it off of an assembled starter in stock, will overnight it to me, and apologized for the "confusion". Told'em they didn't have to go to the exspense of overnighting it. He is supposed to call me back today to confirm he found one and that it shipped out to me. Find it hard to believe that they still have not updated thier BOM for the AMC starter when they said the "mix up" happened about 18 months ago, and they said they sell 200+ units a year. Seems like there'd be a lot of aggravated people. So I guess in another 10 days or so I'll have another gear and hopefully this time it's a 9 tooth. Think I'll have it gold plated and mounted for display #-o Man I'll tell ya.
Thought about return, but already had paid shipping to me from Kennedy American, and it would cost more to ship it back, and was told I'd have to ship it back to PowerMaster, wait for them to credit Kennedy American, then eventually he would credit me. Since it's already in my hands thought I'd give it another shot at getting it to work.
