Gas in my Oil Carb replacement for Generac 060242 power washer

ILENGINE

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  • / Gas in my Oil Carb replacement for Generac 060242 power washer
you might be able to take it to a local shop and see if they can match the parts to a rebuild kit. The parts fiche does not show a rebuild kit for that carb that I could find online.
Have never seen a carb rebuild kit for a generac product. They have a carb rebuild list, but it is only 1/2 page long and almost every carb on the list is obsolete and the rebuild kit is obsolete. Dated from 2011.
 

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  • / Gas in my Oil Carb replacement for Generac 060242 power washer
Might can match a honda needle.
 

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Reality check
1) every section in a supply chain has to make a profit other wise it collapses and the items not longer become available
2) the cost to profit ratio on replacement parts is massive so replacement parts will always be a lot more expensive than the cost of making them.
Perfect example is a $ 1.50 rectifier for one of my BSA motorcycles made in 1954 , sitting in a Lucas warehouse till 1984 when it closed down had incurred $ 1,332 in warehousing costs over that period of time and then there is a $ 4.50 picking fee, a $ 2.00 invoicing cost + warehouse profit of 15 % added to that, transport costs and retailer profit .
The aftermarket ones that are hand made in Indonesia are $ 45 made on demand so they take 3 to 6 months to be made.
3) most factories only sell in wholesale quantities which could be from a box of 20 to a pallet of 2000 and the lower the profit margin is the larger the minimum purchase quantity .
4) the Greedy Amazon effect is preventing companies carrying your parts because the fast moving parts get sold through Amazon which leaves large warehouses full of very slow moving parts on which there will not be enough total income so the warehouse closes and your only option becomes replacing the entire engine
 
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