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Originally Posted by Whitmore
Dan.....thanks for being here for us, I enjoy that you are here to keep us informed of the Fass products, this tells me that Fass is there before, during and after the sale and wants my repeat business. I am very pleased with my Fass II on my 01 and consider this upgrade to be one of my better bombs, I aint worried about fuel supply anymore.
Question- The older Fass moter that has brushes, how many hours or miles of service can one expect out of a set of brushes?
Has a life expectency been determined on this setup yet? About how many hours or miles can I expect?
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Based on our ware test analysis, the old motor (Under ideal conditions....good ground, no moisture getting into the motor, etc) would run to 10,000 to 12,000 Hrs. Take an average of 50 MPH....that is 600,000 miles on the high side before the brushes needed to be replaced. Problems occurred with the older motors with bad grounds and leaky brush caps that didn’t seal well and caused the brush guides and brushes to become corroded. This caused them to stick and not contact the armature. Thus the motor would not run. BUT striking the motor with a block of wood would free the brush and let the motor run in most cases. Some times the corrosion would be too bad in the brush guides that the motor would have to be replaced. Other than that…they were great motors. They just got bad reps on the sites because people would read the same posts over and over and think it was a new issue. We did have issues, but not to the extent that people think.
The new motors are great! They ware tested at 12,000 to 15,000 hrs! The only real issue we have had with them is bearing failures. And those are few and far between. And in all cases, the only issue was noise. The motor still ran fine!! SO this issue wont leave you stranded! These are a better design due to they seal from the outside moisture TONS better. I have had units come in that look like they were dunked in mud……I open up the motor, and it looks as good as the new ones we have on the shelf! The brush spring is a better design. Only draw back is that this motor is not serviceable like the older unit.
Small price to pay for a longer lasting motor.
My personal goal is to turn around people’s opinion that FASS has bad customer service. TDR was real bad about talking DPP down about that. AND they had just cause. BUT with me here, i can handle tons more issues on the Sites, and talk with Dealers to handle issues to better educate them, so you have better first hand service in the shop you bought your FASS from. I find a lot of people don’t want to take the time to properly diagnose their problem. BUT i feel if they have a place to turn too and read some stuff that can better help them; it will make my job easier. I can talk to one person on the phone and help that one person. I can talk to one person on here, and help 1000's!!!! These sites are gold mines!!!!!!
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Dan MacDonald
www.FASSRide.com
2001 2500, 4x4, Con OFEed, TBK, AFE Stage II kit W/ prefilter and 4" cowl mod. , FASS 150/150, Mach 2's, Drag Comp,
Currently running on B-100
'02 Jetta TDI 5 Speed "Mini Me" 45-50 MPG