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You have two immediate choices:
stop-drill the crack or weld it up.
Of the two, welding is preferred.  Have it GTAW (TIG) welded by someone =
who knows what he(she) is doing.

Larry
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: T. Reed=20
  To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org=20
  Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 5:55 AM
  Subject: front crossmember cracked!!


  Well, looks like all the money and effort that went in to my 2.0l 16v =
swap
  could not go unpunished for long. While under the car today I noticed =
a
  crack about 1.5 to 2 inches long in the front crossmember, about 4 =
inches
  to the left of the leftmost front motor mount bracket bolt.

  It's still small and it hasn't gone all the way through yet.. is there
  anything I can do?

  One of my friend's friends has a welder but I have no welding =
experience
  and I don't know if he'd be willing to help me out or not.

  And by the way, who was making those reenforcement bars? What ever =
became
  of that and is it still possible to sign up for one?

  My poor car.. so much money and time invested. The last thing I need =
is
  the motor ripping the front crossmember in half..

  *sigh*

  -Toby


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You have two immediate =
choices:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>stop-drill the crack or weld it =
up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Of the two, welding =
is&nbsp;preferred.&nbsp; Have=20
it GTAW (TIG) welded by someone who knows what he(she) is =
doing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Larry</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
  <DIV=20
  style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A href=3D"mailto:treed2@u.washington.edu"; =
title=3Dtreed2@u.washington.edu>T.=20
  Reed</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
  href=3D"mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org"=20
  title=3Dscirocco-l@scirocco.org>scirocco-l@scirocco.org</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 31, =
2002 5:55=20
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> front crossmember=20
cracked!!</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Well, looks like all the money and effort that went in =
to my=20
  2.0l 16v swap<BR>could not go unpunished for long. While under the car =
today I=20
  noticed a<BR>crack about 1.5 to 2 inches long in the front =
crossmember, about=20
  4 inches<BR>to the left of the leftmost front motor mount bracket=20
  bolt.<BR><BR>It's still small and it hasn't gone all the way through =
yet.. is=20
  there<BR>anything I can do?<BR><BR>One of my friend's friends has a =
welder but=20
  I have no welding experience<BR>and I don't know if he'd be willing to =
help me=20
  out or not.<BR><BR>And by the way, who was making those reenforcement =
bars?=20
  What ever became<BR>of that and is it still possible to sign up for=20
  one?<BR><BR>My poor car.. so much money and time invested. The last =
thing I=20
  need is<BR>the motor ripping the front crossmember in=20
  =
half..<BR><BR>*sigh*<BR><BR>-Toby<BR><BR><BR>____________________________=
___________________<BR>Scirocco-l=20
  mailing list<BR><A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:Scirocco-l@scirocco.org";>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org</A><BR><A=
=20
  =
href=3D"http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l";>http://neubayer=
n.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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