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Walbro Pumps
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Tue, 07 October 2003 09:31
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Gidday
A number of you have been getting external Walbro pumps. Which one is it and what HP will it support? Does anyone have a comparison against a 044 motor sport?
Craig
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Re: Walbro Pumps
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Wed, 08 October 2003 08:34
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Hi guys,
Is there any difference/advantage of the Walbro pumps over a Bosch unit ? Is it just the price ? 
Is there a local supplier at all and what is the price that one should expect to pay ?
Cheers
Michael B
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Re: Walbro Pumps
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Wed, 08 October 2003 10:50
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I can supply these in sydney for $260 or so.
PM me.
Matt
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Re: Walbro Pumps
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Thu, 09 October 2003 06:30
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After looking at various places, there is one guy selling a new pump (255 l/hr Walbro pump) on ebay for USD $115 incl shipping.
How then does it get to be AUS $100 more here from a local supplier ? 
Cheers
Michael B
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Re: Walbro Pumps
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Thu, 09 October 2003 14:21
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Because people have to pay import duties, GST and put food on the table 
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Re: Walbro Pumps
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Fri, 10 October 2003 04:51
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| bbaacchhyy wrote on Thu, 09 October 2003 16:30 |
After looking at various places, there is one guy selling a new pump (255 l/hr Walbro pump) on ebay for USD $115 incl shipping.
How then does it get to be AUS $100 more here from a local supplier ?
Cheers
Michael B
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ebay suppliers are often tax dodging too 
US$115 =~ AUD$177 (@.65)
customs is 15% for auto parts = AUD$26.50
shipping for airmail i would guess is around US$30-60 (i just got some 1lb packages that cost US$25) if we guess US$50 = UAD$77
so 177+26+77 = AUD$280
and then we have GST on top  an ALL the above costs = $28
so we have a grand total of AUD$308
since the customs +GST is >$50, you have to pay it 
if you manage to miss the customs and GST, then usually just double the US cost.... if you get customs (usually for auto parts ) then it's more like 2.5x the US cost...
Cya, Stewart
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Re: Walbro Pumps
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Fri, 10 October 2003 05:31
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Yeah, but it depends on what they write on the customs docket !!!!! 
The quote from them was US $25 to ship, so your calcs are pretty close.
I guess the real question remains, are the Walbro as good as/better/worse than the Bosch equivalent ?
Cheers
Michael B
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