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Originally Posted by RussMcB
... Can someone maybe give me a bullet list of the steps to remove the pumpkin for shipping? ...
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Russ,
It's been too long to remember any step-by-step but let me share what little I can remember.
Several (a lot) years ago I swapped a 3:31 pumpkin into a '94 LT1 A4 to get rid of the stock 2:59. The old pumpkin sat in the garage a few years until someone needed it at which time I shipped it to Texas.
This was a D36 pumpkin (for auto trannies) and not the D45 but I expect most things to be the same/similar. The only thing I shipped was the pumpkin and the batwing ... nothing else was attached. I'm guessing that when I swapped the pumpkins that I removed the exhaust and then took everything loose from the pumpkin/batwing before dropping it. Did the whole thing on jack stands (lift would have been easier). Borrowed a friend's motorcycle jack to lift the new pumpkin into place for install (easier than a regular jack).
When I shipped the old pumpkin/batwing to TX I got some help from another friend who constructed a box frame out of 2x2 pine lumber, placing supports for the batwing/pumpkin to be bolted into the frame. Once this was done and the pumpkin was secure, we stapled thick cardboard to the outside of the frame, making it suitable to ship via UPS ... since he had a UPS account I was able to ship for a very reasonable cost. You will need to drain the fluids.
Apologies that this is not more help but it may give you enough clues to proceed. I don't think I had an FSM at that time so was shooting in the dark on changing the pumpkins ... probably looked online for some help, tho.
I don't remember it being particularly difficult, just tedious. Taking apart was fairly easy; lifting/aligning for re-install works better with 2 people.
Good luck.