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As I understand it methanol was used because of the shortage of gasoline.
Yup, I had similar experience with the genset (honda motor) carby - cheaper to buy a new aftermarket bolt-on carburetor on Amazon than to buy the rebuild kit.FWIW, you can still buy no-alcohol gasoline in the USA, but you have to look for it. Most places that cater to power boaters will have it, and places with a lot of loggers around too. This website has a list of places in the US and Canada that carry no-ethanol gasoline, you can search by state/province:https://www.pure-gas.org/