alt.energy.homepower

"Ulysses" wrote in
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>> > If there's ever any parts you can't find anywhere there's a
>> > motorcycle shop in California that seems to have all the available
>> > parts in stock. It's called Honda Peninsula
>> > ( ). They sell online.
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>> wow
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>> They sell the timing belt for 11 bucks -- they want 18 at my honda
>> shop (which is about a 100 mile drive away). So its a buck cheaper
>> even with shipping and I don't have to pay for gas.
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>> nice!
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> Every part I ordered so far turned out to be less WITH shipping than
> with my local authorized dealer. Plus, they always had every item in
> stock. They also carry NGK spark plugs for Honda engines. I prefer
> them in my GX270 engine and I think they were less than $2 ea. at
> Peninsula. I found this place after Honda backordered a new valve cam
> for over two months. Yup, they had it in stock. It turns out the
> same cam is used for other engines, not just the eu2000.
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> BTW, do you happen to know what model the eu2000 engine is? Honda
> told me it was a GX100 but it says GCXXXXX on it and I thought the GX
> series meant it was an OHV engine, not OHC.

The shop manual says

Model: GX100
Description code: GCANM

So those are two different things I guess..



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>> I ordered two for a total $ including shipping
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> I can't believe your valve cams don't need to be replaced if the belts
> are worn...

Well .. They didn't look worn to me. The lobes were still good and
although you could see evidence of use, they didn't seem to be more than
a MM or so of surface gone, if that. I might be talking out my arse
too.. this is all self tought :)

Now another thing, these are all used within sheds so they don't get the
bad weather, never get frozen or wet. Dono if that would make a
difference, but its about as nice an environment as a generator can get
to run in.

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