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Tyler,
If it was me, at this point, I would take the whole housing off. Grab a new one from a yard or off a member here. Just bite the bullet and think of it as an opportunity to put in the updated oil filter housing waffle gasket.
By the time you chisel and hack at the thing you'll have warped the cover and Id be nervous about metal chips somehow being ingested into your perfectly running motor.
Cut your time losses, done spend any more time extracting and by then you'll have the housing off. Only tough part is the 27mm wrench for the oil cooler lines.
By the way, I feel your pain. It will be over soon.
dd
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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car
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