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Here is the method I have use for shipping a couple Datsun 5 speeds. =
You may be able to adapt it for the ribcase.
I pick up a 15x15x48 golf club moving box from FedEx/kinkos as the =
shipping box. I cut four 15x15 squares of 2 inch thick hard foam =
insulation. I have been able to pick this up at construction sites for =
free so far, but you can get it from any home depot type store. I take =
one sheet and trace around the bellhousing and cut out the center =
keeping the outer ring. I glue this ring to the top of one of the other =
foam squares. Placing the transmission bellhousing back into the ring I =
pass four bolts through bellhousing bolt holes and the foam, this fasten =
the transmission to the foam block. On the tail shaft end I do the same =
thing except I sandwich cardboard between the two foam sheets for added =
strength so the shaft can not punch through the foam. This whole thing =
is then slipped into the shipping box. The box will be too long so you =
will cut it down and create a shorter version of the original that is =
custom sized for the transmission. since the transmission is supported =
on the ends centered in the box you don=E2=80=99t need to pad the sides. =
I do usually use the cut out center section of the one foam pad to =
cover the drain plug for a little added protection.
Bill M originally gave me this Idea and I have tweaked it slightly with =
the addition of the foam rings for added lateral support.
Rich Ball
=E2=80=9876 Midget
Everett, Wa
From: Monty Love via Spridgets=20
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 6:12 AM
To: spridgets=20
Subject: [Spridgets] Shipping Ribcase tranny
Can anyone recommend the best way to ship a MG Midget ribcase =
transmission? WIll these UPS pack and ship stores take one?
Thanks, Monty
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<DIV>Here is the method I have use for shipping a couple Datsun 5 =
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You may be able to adapt it for the ribcase.</DIV>
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<DIV>I pick up a 15x15x48 golf club moving box from FedEx/kinkos as the =
shipping=20
box. I cut four 15x15 squares of 2 inch thick hard foam =
insulation. =20
I have been able to pick this up at construction sites for free so far, =
but you=20
can get it from any home depot type store. I take one sheet and =
trace=20
around the bellhousing and cut out the center keeping the outer =
ring. I=20
glue this ring to the top of one of the other foam squares. =
Placing the=20
transmission bellhousing back into the ring I pass four bolts through=20
bellhousing bolt holes and the foam, this fasten the transmission to the =
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block. On the tail shaft end I do the same thing except I sandwich =
cardboard between the two foam sheets for added strength so the shaft =
can not=20
punch through the foam. This whole thing is then slipped into the =
shipping=20
box. The box will be too long so you will cut it down and create a =
shorter=20
version of the original that is custom sized for the transmission. =
since=20
the transmission is supported on the ends centered in the box you =
don=E2=80=99t need to=20
pad the sides. I do usually use the cut out center section of the =
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pad to cover the drain plug for a little added protection.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill M originally gave me this Idea and I have tweaked it slightly =
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<DIV>Rich Ball</DIV>
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