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One of the things that came to mind when Russ mentioned this was the Sandblasting Ive done on Magnesium. You see little sparks come off as you blast... this cant be good with a flammable metal. Keith > One of our guys was working on his drive train, grinding away, when the > cloud of metal erupted into flames. He was burned on his face, neck and > hands/arms. He healed fine, no scaring, but it definitely was a wake-up > call for us! > > Toby Erkson -- http://www.icbm.org/ > '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2.0L, rag top > '72 VW Squareback Lightsider, automatic, FI, sunroof, gas heater > '95 VW Jetta ~ SCCA Solo 2 EP #3; '73 Porsche 914; '81 Honda Gold Wing > Portland, Oregon > > > > Russ Wolfe wrote: > > >....Any grinding or drilling on the engine or transmision case should be > >considered hazardous. This material is very flamable when [powdered]... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >