Bad news!!

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

HI,
    I was obviously working on the 87 16V Roc today. As I was underneath trying to troubleshoot a noise the car makes when the brakes are applied. To my horror, the front crossmember had a 2" slanted crack in it. This was on the front near the air intake port. There was also a smaller crack by the front motor mount.
    Is this something that can be welded? Is the brace the only option? I know there was a great amount of discussion about the brace recently and I don't want to reignite that again.
Sadly,
John