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A few folks have reached out to me over the last six months, looking for replacement radiators for their gensets. These items are very rare at the surplus/auction site level that I have seen and experienced, but are pretty important to these machines long term upkeep (and use when needed).... and its not that economical to chop up what's coming across the block these days.
Have any of you considered this item for 'parts backup' in your own garage for your machine? Often filters, fluids, gaskets, relays, etc are talked and thought about... but how about the radiator? I can't say that I have, but boy would that suck if it developed a pinhole leak (or rupture) at the wrong time.
I've been considering doing additional legwork to find a supplier with a better price than I have found so far (god bless covid... OEM supplier wants over $900 each with 16-20 week lead time IN VOLUME).
Just wanted to see what all of your thoughts are on this.
Have any of you considered this item for 'parts backup' in your own garage for your machine? Often filters, fluids, gaskets, relays, etc are talked and thought about... but how about the radiator? I can't say that I have, but boy would that suck if it developed a pinhole leak (or rupture) at the wrong time.
I've been considering doing additional legwork to find a supplier with a better price than I have found so far (god bless covid... OEM supplier wants over $900 each with 16-20 week lead time IN VOLUME).
Just wanted to see what all of your thoughts are on this.