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Re: [T3] help - similar to starter question thread


> We burn them on the 4th for the spectacular fire they put off, but we
> have to use a railroad flare, or acetylene torch to get them lit. And we
> cut them into small pieces.
>

I gave an old Beetle engine to school many years ago when they asked for
aluminium.  They tried to remove the flywheel bolt with cutting gear - I had
warned them it might be a magnesium case, but at the time I didn't know as much.
They said it had caught fire and was hard to put out!

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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