price gouging

find out what that starter and alternator fits of something else, then go back and re-price it, also check with auto parts places and tractor junk yards. an alternator for my 7080 was like $600. at one place, but it also fit a Chevy. and then the cost was below $100. for the same alternator! could work that way too for your starter.   

It's another classic case of  the "They know they got ya" story by big business!

Dang Kenny!  How much was the tractor??

American Name Companies Badging Japanese Tractors may have something to do with HIGH parts prices. Red MF and Orange AGCO Allis were both Iseki Compact tractors sharing alike parts

Agco wanted $63 for the D-14 manifold gasket......I bought elsewhere for $10 AND got the carb gasket as well !!

it really does pay to 'shop around'...

Jay

   Check with the nearest auto parts store, they have places that rebuild starters, alternators.
The guys at my local NAPA told me where to go to get my Delco starter/generator rebuilt for an old Bolens tractor, new armature and brushes and I was out the door.
Something else you can try is look in your phone book for electric motor service in your area these guys can re-wind the thing if needed.
   I'm right there with you with the price gouging just because they think they can they will.

AMAZON !!! Great deals on the parts I need in stock and priced right. AGCO needs to go far away with $1100 1260 starters when they are out there NEW for less than $200. Alternators $99

High overhead in the supply chain, mark up and slow moving parts. Makes room for the low cost providers. At one time our AGCO dealer sold shop supplies like Loctite RTV Gasket eliminator for a lower price than any parts store.

AGCO remanufactured is $298.67 exchange with a 12 month warranty. As several know I do work in a AGCO dealer. When I read some of the post how some dealers gouge and how some have no respect for there customers it makes me sick.
Albert

 If it were my starter, I would take it apart and see what is wrong with it... and then go get the parts to rebuild it...
 But if you don't want to mess with it, have it rebuilt by a good shop, it will be cheaper... or it use to be anyways. after market starters seem to be of lighter windings etc.
  
 Just be glad its not a starter for an M5 MM Diesel... obsolete...

I had a Delco Remy starter rebuilt for one of our John Deere tractors locally. When I went to pick it up they told me they had a hard time finding parts for it because they were obsolete. They ended up getting them from a guy who buys out old shops.

I've had very good luck with after market starters,bought one off ebay for my Oliver
1550 diesel for $120 w/free shipping starts the 1550 better than the original ever did
and its been over a year I've been using it with no problems.Also have gotten the 'cheapie'
after market starters for Cub Cadet diesel and a JD 445 all were fine.Deere wanted
$430 for a new starter ebay one was $52 free shipping.

    Well,Ken,,,I can certainly relate to some seemingly price gouging for AGCO parts. I been lookin for a seal kit for the Rotary swing Cylinder for the Mark IV for weeks and finally caught a Lady at AGCO that would take the time to try to help me. For one thing,as BIG a corporation as AGCO is,,,they do not have a "Locator" to see which dealer has one on the shelf,,,AGCO INSISTS you contact a dealer that services YOUR area, place an order, and wait,,,,,She told me agco DOES NOT want you contacting dealers out of your area,,,WHAT,,,???,,,
 I have had NO friggin luck locating a seal kit for the  Rotary cylinder by asking for the Allis PN, so, having been told that Massey ferguson used the same Cessna Cylinder, I started trying to locate a seal kit for the MF, but there were 3 different sizes used and I have not yet found a dealer that wants to take the time to verify the seal dimensions before I place order,,,,!!! I downloaded a pic of said kit,,,and  The kits come in a clear plastic bag and seals could very easily be calipered WITHOUT opening the friggin bag,,,but I ain't fount a dealer that wants to take the time to do so,,,,ARGGGGggg,,,!!!!!
  Anyway, the Lady with agco did email me back yesterday,,,and the kit PN I gave her, is available, FROM AGCO, to the tune of,,,,,,,,,,,,, $630.00,,,yes,, you heard right,,,$630,,!!!
  And, what's confusing, I located a kit in Australia and one in the UK priced at 130/ pound and have been workin with two members here to verify which kits they are referring to before I place an order.
  It is SO FRUSTRATING  that companies that depend on  customer sales, seem to not give a chit if they sell anything or not,,,,,,!!!

  OH,,by the way,,,Ken,,,Hope you are feelin better,,,how are your treatments going,,???

I left both the Starter and Alt at Longview Starter and Generator yesterday to be rebuilt. Pick them up today at noon on the way home after Chemo.
The owner is old like me and I trust he knows what he is doing or he wouldn't be in tne starter generator alternator business in the same location as long as he has.

Try Baum Hydraulics for the cylinder seals. http://www.baumhydraulics.com

There was an article in Electrical Apparatus magazine a couple months ago by a CPA talking about charges for parts stocked. Electrical Apparatus is aimed at electric motor repair shops. In that article the CPA suggested that parts on the shelf a few years should be priced at 5 or 6 times their original cost. I haven't checked lately but the contents of that magazine issue don't seem to have been placed on line. I would include a link to the article if I found it on line. Anyway its clear that the bean counters at Agco feel the same. I have felt its a feeling that the parts are occupying space that they feel should have holding gold bullion rising in value like farm land prices over the past 25 years.

Gerald J.