smhardesty
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I have a mower on the bench that needs a carb rebuild or a new carb. It's about a 3 year old mower. I was kind of surprised to find a few parts sites that say the parts are no longer available. On the sites that have the parts, the rebuild kit is around $30 to $35 and a new carb is $50. I can't really put that amount in this particular mower, so for the first time, I went to Amazon and eBay. Yes, I know. Those are cheap, Chinese knockoffs. I have never used or ordered any of the Chinese parts to put on a piece of equipment I refurbished to sell. I found a carb on eBay, supposedly guaranteed to work, for $12.75 and free shipping. That will give me quite a bit of room for profit. If this happens to work out OK on this mower, I might be buying more cheap, Chinese carbs. You can't even buy many regular carb rebuild kits for 12 bucks anymore. There is a little spot in the back of my head kind of hoping it won't work. I hate to have to resort to buying Chinese parts to refurb my equipment.
What's been some of you guy's experiences with these Chinese knockoff carbs? Do they usually work?
What's been some of you guy's experiences with these Chinese knockoff carbs? Do they usually work?