Broken engine cradle near the engine mount on my saturn...

NYSpeed Automotive
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soo i got under the car today and noticed my engine cradle is broken. Awesome. Anyone have any ideas of a fix? I’m assuming a new engine cradle but possibly a temp fix could be to weld a steel plate along the bottom. Thoughts?

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no way to weld to that crap… needs 2 be replaced

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yeah :frowning: Anyone want to make a few bucks and replace it for me?

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common problem on saturns. its getting tough to find good ones in the junk yard these days

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There is nothing to weld to, its all rust.

No idea how you would get it fixed… If its common, saturn forums should have common fixes.

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that sucks, just junked a perfectly good one to twin village.

call around.

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ditch car, prob not worth fixing, unless by some small chance you find a cradle in decent shape and can do the work yourself…btw most scrap yards will not part with just the cradle. they usually make you buy the whole front clip.

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call Nuwer’s in holland thats where i got the last one and i think mikey said he had a few. They might even install it

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Hell. Id offer to weld it for you but in all honesty your better off getting a new one. Too much fab work would be required. Try M&M or something.

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Wow that’s really shitty. Good old Saturns I tell ya. Good luck fixing it.

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note to self: cradle is no longer approved jack point

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hell i wouldnt touch that cradle w/ a mig welder if it was MY OWN car AND someone else pulled it out for me for free, i could take the cradle to work, sandblast it, and use the bosses materials / electricity to patch it back up

IE: its dead

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oof. thats brutal dude.

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oo that place looks cool. i contacted them, appears they have a few. Thanks for the info.

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eh, i bet if you were persistent you could weld that back up…

But you’re going to need a bunch of steel to do so…

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Homer: “See Marge, I told you they could deep fry my shirt”
Marge: “I didn’t say they couldn’t I said you shouldn’t!”

It’s dead. And as bad as it is before I even thought about putting any time, money or effort into fixing it I’d give the entire underside a close inspection to make sure some other parts aren’t about to rust through.