I have a new 30-amp that I bought for my 3hm and never used.

Andrew Burton
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> On Oct 31, 2017, at 19:22, Jack Brennan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
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> So here’s a cautionary tale on buying diesel parts:
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> The bearings went bad on the alternator on my Yanmar 2gm20f. This is an 
> alternator once made by Hitachi that used to run about $120 or so. Yanmar 
> would rebrand them and sell the units as its own for many dollars more.
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> I did an Internet search and discovered Hitachi apparently no longer makes 
> these alternators. The good news (I think)): Some nameless offshore company 
> is manufacturing replacements. Companies are selling them as their own (most 
> with the same stock photo) for $70 to $130.
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> So, before ordering, I call my local Yanmar dealers to see whether he has it 
> in stock and whether I can do my bit to keep him solvent by buying from him.
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> Sure, we have them, the saleswoman says. Yanmar brand: $850. I choke and ask 
> about aftermarket: $400. Remanufactured? $210. I end up saying sorry, but I 
> can have it delivered to my door in four days for $79.
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> All of my customer loyalty went out the window with those kinds of markups on 
> an alternator that sells for maybe $30 wholesale.  Now I’m wondering whether 
> I can buy my filters, impellers, hoses, etc., at a deep discount by shopping 
> online.
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> Jack Brennan
> Former C&C 25
> Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
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