mazdamagnumgirl
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Well I picked up the engine today at the local UPS hub. I learned that you have to pay duty fees in addition to shipping fees from Canada to the US. Well, anyway I got the engine and it was damaged from ups during shipping. The parts damaged are both timing covers top and bottom, front housing- where the thremostat is placed(cast aluminum),the threaded piece where the oil filter bolts I believe it is called a Joint, the threads are damaged and, the rear engine hook on the back of the engine is slightly bent. I am now going to have my fiancee look further into the engine for any internal damage. Any advise would help? I asked UPS if the insurance would be covering the damage and was told by two different employees that it would not be covered. They said that in order for it to be covered the package would have to have at least two inches of packaging material from the most outer part of the engine. I plan on calling UPS on monday to see what else I can do .The employees said that I could refuse the package. At this point my fiancee got the package invoice and called the seller direct. The seller said that he would take care of any damage during shipping. I hope that the seller holds true to his words. My fiancee said that he seemed to be nice during the conversation and willing to resolve this. I got the part numbers for all damaged parts and we went to the local dealership and got some prices totaling a little over $200. We plan to go to a few other Mazda dealerships to get some more prices on monday. Unless anyone has any other suggestions. My fiancee asked where he got all of these parts and the seller said that he purchased a container from Japan with old inventory from Mazda. The seller also said that the Engine is a true Magnum FE-30 with forged internals and has lower compression all for a turbo charger which we are considering doing.We will see. I will post pics when I have more time.