Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmmmmmm....Car engines and cameras; apples and oranges. On 1/14/06 12:12 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Frank, > I would tend to agree with you. I was puzzled by the reference to a > magnesium case. When I helped my son with the overhaul of a VW engine for > a > friend of his, strictly a low budget effort, I obtained a case from a > salvage yard. This case had a hole in it where a broken piston rod had > come > through. I took the case to a local machine shop and the "old timer" there > welded up the hole. I don't believe he could have done this if it had been > magnesium. I was not even sure he could weld the aluminum, but he did a > great job. The engine took her from Tennessee to her first job, in > California, and was transferred to another VW later. > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information