Amtrak is usually the cheapest way to go.  Must drop off and pick up at an
Amtrak station.  They don't like to ship motor blocks.  It's best to drain
all fluids from the engine and pack it up so it can't be seen from the
outside.  Just declare it as "used car parts".  If they get nosy tell them
that you're shipping axles, wheels, transmissions or other heavy stuff.

Good luck,
Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hunter [mailto:EVEHART33@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 3:40 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Advice on shipping a motor?

I need to ship a diesel longblock to San Diego from Albuquerque. It has the
head off but it's still one heavy hunk of iron. I would appreciate any
advice
from those that done this before. Seems I read about some different
solutions
in the archives but they aren't coming up for me now.

Ken Hunter
82 Westy 1.9D
84 Jetta 1.5D
89 Mitsubishi van

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