Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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