Mr. Richards,
While I am sure that you've already received excellent advice from others on
the list, I'd like to give all the benefit of my experience during a very
unhappy chapter of my TD restoration...
Last year I needed to ship my tranny down to Florida from Virginia as it
felt like second gear was binding, as well as there being other potential
problems. I contacted UPS and had them send me instructions on how to ship
it. I built a box for it, and took it to the local UPS station. They
inspected the contents and said it and the box I'd made for it would do just
fine. When it arrived in Florida it was very damaged, and not in the box
I'd sent it in. Apparently it was dropped from some height: the remote
housing was bent down at almost a 45 degree angle, there was a chunk
missing from the trans box, and the bell housing was bent.
I filed a claim of course, and two days later UPS picked it up for
inspection. They denied the claim as they said the packing was
insufficient. I pointed out that they'd repackaged it and appealed. To
make a long story short UPS eventually lost it altogether and had to settle
with me. I had my check some ten weeks after the initial date I'd shipped
it.
Now to the advice portion of my story: Blair Engle of Classic MG in
Tallahasse took pity on me and offered me a tranny he'd just re-built for
what UPS had given me. He'd shipped them before and had some experince in
the best way to do it. It arrived via UPS in three cardboard boxes. One
contained the Bell Housing. One contained the tranny, and the last one had
the Remote housing in it. All were shipped in heavy cardboard boxes. The
Bell and Remote housing were packed in newspaper while the Tranny had a
layer of bubble wrap around it and the spline, as well as being packed in
newspaper.
All in all a compact, efficient way of getting it to me in one piece. I
wish I'd thought of it.
Best,
Scott Allen
74 1/2 BGT
52 TD
>From: Kevin D Richards <flybirds@erols.com>
>Reply-To: Kevin D Richards <flybirds@erols.com>
>To: "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Tranny shipping
>Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 18:40:31 -0500
>
>hi there listers,
>there was just a recent thread on shipping trannies and engines, I think
>Kai Radicke was the one....
>can someone forward me the info, I have to ship a trans for a 1600 MGA.
>If someone has done this recently, please help.
>any suggestions? do I have to build a crate, or can I just build a skid?
>
>thanks
>Kevin Richards
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