All Aluminum products have some magnesium in it.   TO much and it
would burn, but not  the transaxle.  I've done extensive welding on then.
not a problem.
                                              Eric

David Brodbeck wrote:

>On Wednesday 14 January 2004 10:54 pm, Herr Wibo Fichten wrote:
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>>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?
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>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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