Remanufactured parts rant.....
First off, I admit knowing better, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. So yesterday, the alternator on our newly purchased old 2001 Chevy Tahoe starts taking a dump on a roadtrip up to BC....
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Grit dog wrote:ShinerBock wrote:romore wrote:
I would like to know where I can buy a Cummins water pump for 60 bucks, I'll take all you have!! I went to Ford for a starter on my 97 Ranger, they sold me a reman as oem was no longer available which is common for older vehicles. A year later I am replacing it again, it was not an easy job and I was not happy.
This was years ago and they have actually gone down since then.
$49.95 Geno's Garage
Cummins water pump.
Why does this seem so strange?
Virtually the same water pump since the 6bt's inception and at least for the trucks, OE Cummins pumps have always been about $160. Even the older model Ram Cummins pumps are $165 at Genos. How are the new pumps only $50, cheaper than gates pumps even?
Goodwill from Cummins for having a bad batch of pumps in the 4th gens?
Cummins and many other manufacturers will lower the price on something when they have a recall on it so they don't have to pay so much in claims. I remember when Delco Remy had a massive starter recall and they dropped the price from $1,200 to $500. When the recall was over it shot back up to $1,200 over night.
My current cost on that pump from Cummins is $37.60 and I sell it for $46.90 to a regular walk-in customer and $39.86 to a large fleet. The light duty market in general has much higher margins than the medium/heavy duty market. The average GP for the light duty market is somewhere around 50-60% versus 20-30% in the medium/ heavy duty market.
This is why I tell people with Cummins engines to get their parts from a medium/heavy duty dealership. All they need is their engine serial number and any of these dealers will be able to look up any part on their engine.
