As things have been going, everything comes in two's.
I repeated the entire process with the cadet engine and transmission. It was good this was the last activity for the hoist, as it was becoming increasingly hard to use with the broken caster. Another observation that I made was that the boom was now bent, which was impressive. It may have moved on it's bolts or twisted, but this would be determined later. It still did the job which was all that mattered.
Place motor-set on pallet, and remove the transmission harness, prior to removing the transmission this time.
Remove all transmission bell housing to engine hardware.
OEM clutch which is at the top of the list for getting refreshed.
Assemble wood supports for bell housing and transmission mount in a similar fashion as the previous crate. Deja vu.
Assemble crate sides also as before and attach supports where best suited to keep engine and transmission from rocking during transport.
I screwed the support beams into the outer walls of the container. This is why you want to package your own things. I know it will be done right and these could survive a bomb blast. Looking back the only thing I did not account for is if the container tipped over. I assume if this happened, however, I have worse problems, but more cross beams would never be a bad addition.
Here's a shot of the completed cube with the top laid in place.
A shot of the completed sr20 crate as well with the additional cross beam.
It had been a long few weeks at this point but things were progressing nicely. I can't tell you how many logistic emails and conversations I had to date with various people on either side of the pond including lawyers, customs agents, UK and US brokers. Thankfully my UK broker was brilliant and took care of the freight liner portions, and absolutely everything else on this side. The complicated side was the States, but there will be enough entries on that to come. For now it was time to take a much needed breath.
I repeated the entire process with the cadet engine and transmission. It was good this was the last activity for the hoist, as it was becoming increasingly hard to use with the broken caster. Another observation that I made was that the boom was now bent, which was impressive. It may have moved on it's bolts or twisted, but this would be determined later. It still did the job which was all that mattered.
Place motor-set on pallet, and remove the transmission harness, prior to removing the transmission this time.
Remove all transmission bell housing to engine hardware.
OEM clutch which is at the top of the list for getting refreshed.
Assemble wood supports for bell housing and transmission mount in a similar fashion as the previous crate. Deja vu.
Assemble crate sides also as before and attach supports where best suited to keep engine and transmission from rocking during transport.
I screwed the support beams into the outer walls of the container. This is why you want to package your own things. I know it will be done right and these could survive a bomb blast. Looking back the only thing I did not account for is if the container tipped over. I assume if this happened, however, I have worse problems, but more cross beams would never be a bad addition.
Here's a shot of the completed cube with the top laid in place.
A shot of the completed sr20 crate as well with the additional cross beam.
It had been a long few weeks at this point but things were progressing nicely. I can't tell you how many logistic emails and conversations I had to date with various people on either side of the pond including lawyers, customs agents, UK and US brokers. Thankfully my UK broker was brilliant and took care of the freight liner portions, and absolutely everything else on this side. The complicated side was the States, but there will be enough entries on that to come. For now it was time to take a much needed breath.
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