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TR2/3/3A TR3 Overdrive Weight?

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Does any one have an idea of the weight of a TR3 transmission with overdrives weight? I need these specs for shipping purposes.
 
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I seem to remember 115 lbs with packaging. It was right at the limit for UPS to ship in a box. Don't recommend UPS grd, one I shipped they busted the bell housing in three pieces. Lucky I had it insured, took about 6 months to get it settled ( after a couple of nasty letters). An engineering friend of mine figured they had to drop it from at least 12 feet to do the damage that was done to the box.

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I seem to remember 115 lbs with packaging. It was right at the limit for UPS to ship in a box. Don't recommend UPS grd, one I shipped they busted the bell housing in three pieces. Lucky I had it insured, took about 6 months to get it settled ( after a couple of nasty letters). An engineering friend of mine figured they had to drop it from at least 12 feet to do the damage that was done to the box.

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I had a similar experience with UPS and a transmission, in my case an early AH100 tranny, which are pretty much unobtanium both new or for parts. Bought it off e-bay, it arrived with the casing cracked, despite being pretty well packed, I said I wanted to file an insurance claim and could they come look at it. I wanted to be there when they came, they said afternoon, but came in the morning, wife was there, they took the tranny, when I called they said at first I would get it back, then, later when I called to ask where it was they said it was going back to the seller and there was "nothing they could do" to get it back to me. Seller said when it arrived bell housing (which is not a separate part, it is also the tranny casing) was totally trashed, and they did not intend to pay the insurance, I am generally fairly patient and reasonable, but after being lied to and then them saying don't know don't care I go out of my way not to use UPS anymore, sorry to rant, still a sore spot (obviously). Didn't help that I had taken the week off to pull and replace the tranny and do some other work on the car. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming...
 
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Did you consider using Greyhound? I shipped the whole rear of a TR3 body from CA to NC for under a hundred dollars. Was hard to create the box for it though!!!!
 
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