**All work done by appointment only! Please do not remove your engine without making an appointment! Contact me here**

How to remove, prepare & ship your engine 

Before shipping your engine you’ll need to be sure it’s relatively clean. Cleaning it with a wire brush is usually the best way.  You’ll need to drain the oil from the engine before you ship it! Draining the engine oil is easier to do before the engine is removed from the frame. If the oil is not drained, it WILL leak out all over the packing materials & box. There will be a very angry delivery driver at my door & you will be hit with a Hazardous Materials charge. As well, I will have to spend time repackaging the engine as you did, as opposed to simply putting it back in the box it came from. I will have to charge you for this & this will not make either of us happy.

BE SURE THE OIL IS DRAINED!

The oil drain is the larger of the 2 bolts on the underside of the engine, directly in the center of the 2 case halves. It has a 17mm head on it. It IS NOT the 14mm diagonally mounted bolt that is off to the left side of the motor. Removing the 14mm is a waste of time, so don’t do it, however you must re-snug the 17mm bolt to prevent any oil leakage into the packing material. Be sure to remove your shift lever and kick-starter before you ship. It’s O K to remove the intake manifold, but be sure to ship it with the engine REGARDLESS OF THE MODEL. DO NOT USE PACKING PEANUTS to ship your motor. MOTORS SHIPPED IN BOXES WITH PEANUTS WILL BE RETURNED!! Crumpled newspapers work fine. Shipping your motor in a cardboard box within another cardboard box & some strategically placed cardboard and/or crumpled newspaper does just fine. If you are shipping the left side engine cover, be sure to remove it and pack it seperately with the engine, so as to avoid getting damaged (the tab at the rear of the cover is very fragile and often arrives broken).

*Note: Do not ship in hard acrylic like plastic containers or your shipment could end up like this. Softer rubbermaid or similair boxes are recommended. Please click on the pictures below to enlarge.

Record Keeping, Detailed
Shipping Instructions & Shipping Address

Currently, I am experiencing the highest demand for my work that I have ever experienced since the inception of my business.

My turnaround time is typically 4 -6 weeks, however, it is at least 2 months at this point due to the steady increase in demand.

I am just forewarning all customers of this scenario & for the time being, please click this link & send an email stating that you would like an engine restored. I will send you back the necessary information in order to properly pack & ship your engine.

If shipping via Fed Ex or
another company that requires a phone #, please furnish your own phone #, as
I purposely don’t have a listed phone # to cut down on pestering sales calls.
(the nature of my business does not require phone contact. If by chance you
are uncomfortable with this scenario, I am sorry. I simply cannot take the time
from my day to talk to each customer. I get over 100 emails a day & can
no longer field calls as it will simply take all my time).

Put your last name in marker
IN BIG BOLD LETTERS on the outside of the box so that when you check to see
if i have received your engine i can tell without opening the box & looking
at the paperwork. Many folks ship from a “Mailboxes Etc.” type place
& I cannot tell what the customers name is unless i open it.

Please Note:

Upon disassembly & cleaning of your engine, you will be invoiced for what will very likely be the total cost of the balance of the restoration, including shipping. I say “very likely” because it usually is. If by chance I find something else that your engine needs during re-assembly or test ride, you will be informed & can take care of that at that time. The reason I do it this way is because I find that upon informing the customer, many folks take time to gather some funds together to send me. That is fine, as I usually receive the funds right about the time the engine is complete & ready to ship. When I have completed your engine, I have a lot of my own funds tied up in it & waiting 1-2 weeks to get paid just upsets the accounting way too much, so I ask for the balance upon the start of the re-assembly process so that the completion of the engine & the arrival of balance co-incide nicely.