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Re: Shipping A Tranny

To: "Christopher W. Reichle" <creichle@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: Shipping A Tranny
From: Dan Dwelley <ddwelley@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 20:05:25 -0700 (PDT)
Ummm...Why ship it with the bell housing? That's a lot of added weight for
no real good reason.

Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
69 BGT
Alexandria, Va.


On Wed, 4 Oct 2000 21:24:53 -0400, Christopher W. Reichle wrote:

>  Clean and drain, tape pieces of cardboard over protruding pieces and then
>  wrap with shrink wrap. you can pick up a roll of the stuff about 1 ft
wide
>  and just keep going around and around. The UPS guys seem to appreciate
>  knowing what they are dealing with. They can hold onto it securely and it
>  won't shift around like it might in a box. You might want to bolt a piece
of
>  ply over the bell and cover the input shaft so that it is not stood on
end
>  putting stress on the input shaft.
>  
>  Chris Reichle
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Chris Attias" <cattias@cats.ucsc.edu>
>  To: "MG Listserver" <mgs@autox.team.net>
>  Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 6:57 PM
>  Subject: Shipping A Tranny
>  
>  
>  > Does anyone have experience shipping a transmission UPS?  How have
>  > you packed/protected it for the journey.  I am about to send mine out
>  > for a rebuild, and could use some pointers.  Thanks,
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  >
>  > --
>  > Chris Attias
>  > Aptos, CA
>  > '64 MGB
>  
>  
>  _________________________________________________________
>  


Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.





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