091 shipping

[SGKent]

how are 091 transmissions packaged these days for shipping? Anyone know or get one lately from one of the rebuilders?
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[dodger tom]

hey steve, when i got my trans rebuilt five or six years ago by german transaxle in bend, ken sent me a box with a pre-formed foam interior that the 091 slipped into almost perfectly. can’t remember if they supplied a trash bag in which to wrap it first, or if i did. i’d have to look up what the shipping charges were later this am, if you’re interested, but they weren’t outrageous. dt
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[Slip356]

Had my 356 tranny rebuilt by Vic Skirmants in MI. He does lots of them. He strapped it to a wood pallet and shipped to my mechanic in WI. I wasn’t there when it arrived so don’t know if it was plastic wrapped.

[richparker]

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[skills@eurocarsplus]

I have 3 sitting here

all boxed, stapled shut and banding straps shipped via UPS or FED-EX

My house and my shop are about 50' apart and most of the time delivery drivers when they see my name/shop name on the package will come over to the shop for delivery

About 2 weeks ago I saw the UPS truck pull over to the house and was sitting there forever. I saw a box at the back of the truck poking out a few inches. When I walked over I saw a stick thin milk white man bun wearing dude looking all sorts of confused.

I asked him if he needed a signature and he said no, he needed help getting it off the truck. I said are you sure there is no signature required? he said "yea, you're all set I just need help getting it out, it's heavy"

I tossed the thing on my shoulder and walked it over to the shop. Told him a shot of whiskey, a bacon sandwich and a cigarette every once in a while may help him build some muscle mass.

Haven't seen that driver since

anyway, all packed up was 97 pounds as I recall
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[W1K1]

this is how my 002 went off to Benco a couple weeks ago
we get pallet sized double layer cartons that work well to cut down for sturdy smaller cartons. The trans is bolted to the skid on the bottom

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1971 bay window westy- EJ2.5 subi swap

[sodbuster]

My how thing change / get picky. We would box em up in cardboard and ship them all across the USA via Greyhound bus! Never had a problem and it was cheaper than anything else. The customer would have to go to the Bus terminal nearest them to pick it up but it worked great.

[sodbuster]

[SGKent]

thanks to you all. Have it covered now thanks to everyone.
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Canned Water - the new California approved parts cleaner (except in a drought in which case rub it with sand).

George Carlin:
"Most people don't know what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it."

Skills@EuroCarsPlus:
"never time to do it right but always time to do it twice"

[Glenn]

This is how i shipped my Berg 5. For the cost of the transaxle, it was well worth building a custom crate.

It's VERY common to remove the nosecone and ship them in a large cooler.

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[jlrftype7]

[mikedjames]

I shipped mine off in a double wall cardboard box that had once held an inverter welder.

It came back wrapped in shrink wrap, strapped loosely to a damaged half-pallet with a quarter of the bell housing in pieces, where somebody must have dropped it onto one end - like it rolled off a forklift or similar.
Lucky it was the bell housing so I got another one sent from the transmission people, this time wrapped very thoroughly in a Weddle cardboard box.

So now I have a starter motor adaptor, as what is left of the bell housing is just enough to bolt to the engine ..
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Engine 1: 40k miles (rocker shaft clip fell off), Engine 2: 30k miles (rebuild, dropped valve). Engine 3: a JK Preservation Parts "new" engine, aluminium case: 26k miles: new top end.
Gearbox rebuild 2021 by Bears.

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[SGKent]

thanks all.
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Canned Water - the new California approved parts cleaner (except in a drought in which case rub it with sand).

George Carlin:
"Most people don't know what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it."

Skills@EuroCarsPlus:
"never time to do it right but always time to do it twice"

[jlrftype7]

[W1K1]

[SGKent]

Took the trans to where it was going in SoCal. Nice trip, got to meet Eric too. He showed me how they pack them. The caveat is the same as always, just cause the last 100 made it without a problem that is not a guarantee someone won't run a fork lift thru it this time or drop it 10' to the ground.
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Canned Water - the new California approved parts cleaner (except in a drought in which case rub it with sand).

George Carlin:
"Most people don't know what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it."

Skills@EuroCarsPlus:
"never time to do it right but always time to do it twice"

[skills@eurocarsplus]

dare I even ask what you're up to? is this your trans? I thought you literally just rebuilt it?
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[SGKent]

[Manfred58sc]

I score old couch cushions and re-use the foam to completely encase the transmission. UPS will do everything in their power to destroy whatever you ship, they just "lost" a nice set of bay window seats for a customer. Really?? Lost?? They track everything in real time. A driver either stole them or destroyed them and ditched the remains.

Good luck, most of the strategies shown above are not enough protection. With the value of these parts, take them to a UPS store and let them do it that way if it dies they pay out ( well, maybe). If it fails due to your packaging you get a warm glass of fuck-off from corporate.

Greyhound RIP
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[metahacker]

Eric...I take it you are referring to Transworks in El Cajon?