[taff2]

[QUOTE=carbking;6265707]American-made carburetor rebuilding kits
And here's the real reason for most of the delays- everything is manufactured overseas or manufactured from materials that come from overseas. When countries do not have their own manufacturing bases you become at the mercy of the overseas companies.
Same deal over here,we don't even have our own coal,natural gas and steel industries, everything bought in from abroad. Essentially we buy our car parts from a country (US) that buys it's parts and the materials to make them -from another overseas country!

[formula kid]

You know it seems as if this problem has hit the fan in the last 7 months. I wonder what has changed that made this happen?

[Formulajones]

I noticed it long before that, more than a year ago. First it all started with this virus BS, limited staff, slow product delivery etc....
Now if the excuses aren't that, it's product availability over seas blah blah blah. We've been buying crap made in China for decades, so why the sudden availability problem now? The virus excuse doesn't really fly now. Only thing I've noticed as of late is that it's getting worse and more wide spread as far as what kinds of parts are becoming unobtanium.

[ZeGermanHam]

Originally Posted by formula kid

You know it seems as if this problem has hit the fan in the last 7 months. I wonder what has changed that made this happen?

I think it's just that it took about a year or so of COVID to finally tap out the supplies many manufacturers had on hand. I agree that it's gotten worse in the past 7 months. I was ordering lots of parts in the beginning of the pandemic and wasn't having any problems. But things have gotten somewhat difficult in the past 4 months for me as I continue to order parts. Many more instances of backordered items.

[MUSLCAH]

Originally Posted by formula kid

You know it seems as if this problem has hit the fan in the last 7 months. I wonder what has changed that made this happen?

I’ve been wondering the same thing myself……..