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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