You have to pick up and drop off, and pay by money order but 
your cheapest shipper will probably be www.forwardair.com

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:57:01 -0800
>From: Craig Oda <craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO>  
>Subject: cheap shipping company, Mass to SF. �Engine Rebuild 
Question too  
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>Hi,
>Can someone recommend a shipping company for a engine on 
pallet from
>Western Massachussets, residential, to somewhere near San 
Francisco (I
>can drive to anywhere within an hour)?  I'm looking for a 
lowish cost
>shipper that can pick up an engine from a guys house and
then drop it
>off either at my house or somewhere near.
>
>In a separate issue, I'm dismantling my 1.9L for the first 
time in my
>life.  I've got the  the engine on the ground with the heads 
off..
>Here are two pictures of the stage I'm at.
>http://communitybuilders.info/vanagon/march/0319-cylinders3-
4.png
>http://communitybuilders.info/vanagon/march/0319-
shortblock.jpg
>
>I've got the pulley wheel off.  However, the flywheel and 
the pistons
>and sleeves are still in.  I plan to split the case.  What 
should I do
>next?  Should I take out the pistons and flywheel, or should 
I just
>split the case.  This is kind of exciting for me, so if I 
need to take
>out the pistons, I will probably stop buy a hardware store 
on the way
>home and get the snap ring pliers, which it appears that I 
need.  Also,
>do I need to buy a special tool to take the burr off the 
piston pin if
>there is a burr, or can I use some type of standard file?
>
>Thanks.  Wish me luck.  :-)
>
>Regards,
>Craig