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Offline GOLF-MK3-GTI

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How much would it cost to post out an engine
« on: 07 March 2013, 13:54 »
As above really, got a micra engine which i have sold to a fella from cornwall. I wanted to know which courier service would be cheap to send out this engine if i was to put it on a pallet.

The engine is worth £1000. and i'm not kidding  :cool: sold it for £650.00  :grin:

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Re: How much would it cost to post out an engine
« Reply #1 on: 07 March 2013, 15:13 »
you might find it cheaper to pallet it.

I use parcels2go for all my parcels and they have a pallet service avalible
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Re: How much would it cost to post out an engine
« Reply #2 on: 07 March 2013, 16:06 »
you might find it cheaper to pallet it.

I use parcels2go for all my parcels and they have a pallet service avalible

Yeah going to try them and hopefully send it out.  :wink:

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Re: How much would it cost to post out an engine
« Reply #3 on: 07 March 2013, 17:53 »
try paisley freight i used them to get an exhaust from bournemouth to aberdeen and it only cost me £20  :cool:

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Re: How much would it cost to post out an engine
« Reply #4 on: 07 March 2013, 18:26 »
try paisley freight i used them to get an exhaust from bournemouth to aberdeen and it only cost me £20  :cool:

Thank you, will give them a go  :wink:

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Re: How much would it cost to post out an engine
« Reply #5 on: 07 March 2013, 18:55 »
All the pallet networks will charge you around the £50 mark. Palletline is a good one.

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Re: How much would it cost to post out an engine
« Reply #6 on: 07 March 2013, 19:01 »
All the pallet networks will charge you around the £50 mark. Palletline is a good one.

I've not heard about this one, will try this aswell  :cool:

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Re: How much would it cost to post out an engine
« Reply #7 on: 07 March 2013, 22:06 »
You will need to drain it of oil and plug all outlets then tie it to a pallet.

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Re: How much would it cost to post out an engine
« Reply #8 on: 07 March 2013, 22:20 »
You will need to drain it of oil and plug all outlets then tie it to a pallet.

yeah engine is all dry. I acutally bought a Micra about 2 years ago and the seller gave me an engine, 4-2-1 mani and a twin weber setup.

I sold mani and twin weber for £285, sold car for £500 and now sold engine for £650. I bought everything for £600  :grin:

I was well and truly into jap cars, now I'm into VW's.  :cool:

I've got an ongoing project at the minute, it's a Mazda 323 gti, and to be fair it's even rarer than the 16V anni, as there only 43 of them left in UK.