discontinued carb

[trebour]

i have an older craftsman riding lawn mower in which the threads are stripped on the carb float bowl,the carb p/n 631498 or walbro p/n lme-34-1 is no longer available
i would like to know if there is a replacment available or if anyone knows where i could get a used one thankyou (trebour bob)

 

[ILENGINE]

According to my parts lookup system. that part became obsolete in 2007, and it was $162 then.

 

[Mike88se]

Could you JB Weld some studs in the carb?