Thanks Brad. This Honda is SN 1043xxx. FYI, I didn't charge hardly any labor, the current owner got a really good deal from relative (he didn't inherit directly from his uncle) and we decide not to go crazy with making look brand new for the exact reason you stated, cost vs final value. Just the part cost and trying to find quality pieces is a challenge. If you haven't already learned this or read it from other members here, the aftermarket carb parts and ignition parts from Taiwan and China a junk. I spent relentless hours trying to chase down problems with both systems. Problem is it's hard if not impossible to find new OEM parts. The biggest problems I had was condensers. I chased carb problems (there was issues there also) more than I should of because I thought it can't be a problem because it's new. I had 2 separate condensers fail, one with less than 500 miles, the other within hours. I bought the original condensers from 4into one on Ebay that failed after ~500 miles, they were made in Taiwan. After reading here about issues with aftermarket condensers, I bought new ones on Ebay that said were supplied from K&L that were made in Japan. When I got the first set, one out of the box that said made in Japan didn't fall into the capacitance standard value between 0.22~0.26 micro Farads. So I called and got another replacement sent from K&L but this box said made in Taiwan. I used it because it was within spec. I was having other cylinder missing issues after that, that I attributed to the carb issues I was having before. I spent hours removing carbs, cleaning and adjusting until I had to start from scratch to find problem. I turned out to be the replacement condenser from Taiwan. Needless to say I was made at myself for assuming a new part shoud be good. But I also was mad that the Ebay suppliers auction specifically said don't compromise quality with Taiwan or Chinese parts, only buy parts from Japan. I confronted the seller a few months later (I hadn't worked on it for quit a while after getting replacement) and he did send another one that came directly from K&L. I told him he should either take the statement off about buying only Japanese parts or confront K&L for going with a different supplier.
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Sorry for my ranting, it was just frustrating dealing with inferior parts.
PM me if you have any questions about my experience with this rebuild so I don't bore others with details
