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Subject:Re: Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question) asbestos ;~(
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:27:13 -0500

On Wednesday 14 January 2004 10:54 pm, Herr Wibo Fichten wrote:
> Anybody know if you can weld aluminium (to add some metal, essentialy,
> rather than to join two parts).  Would this be at the risk of warping the
> housing?

Be careful.  It wouldn't surprise me if, like the old Beetle transmissions,
this case was actually a magnesium alloy.  It may burn if you try to weld it.

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