Re: NOO! Cracked front cross member?

["Richard Deede" <rdeede@hotmail.com>]

Weld it......weld it now....and when you think you're done....weld it again. 
I cannot *stress* this enough(pun intended).

Rich


>From: thescirocco@juno.com
>To: redbug64@hotmail.com
>CC: vwdaun@yahoo.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: NOO! Cracked front cross member?
>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:56:28 -0500
>
>On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:01:45 -0500 "Jason Arms" <redbug64@hotmail.com>
>writes:
>
> > Daun,
> >
> > Weld it up NOW before it gets so bad that you will have to do like
> > Rich
> > Deede did :(  (not meant to be mean to you Rich).  You are lucky you
> > found
> > it so early!  I acctually need to do some welding of minor cracks
> > myself :(
> > DAmn torquy 16v's ;)
>
>Hey now... You know Rich is my boy... 8^)
>
>Rich's cross-member was ripped from his accident, not from the engine
>torque...
>
>His cross-member ripped across where the oval air intake connects to the
>cross-member.
>And followed the bends of the cross-mamber on the passenger side.
>
>The 16V cross-members have a larger hole for the air intake,
>and it definitely weakens it...
>
>My first 16V parts car, had already been welded,
>EXACTLY where Daun's Crack is. (no pun intended)
>
>Peter
>'79 Scirocco 16V project car
>'83 GTI "Caged Rabbit"
>'84 Scirocco, RD/FF
>'80, '88 Scirocco rollers
>
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