My poor wife was driving my car the other day and hit a parking curb. Of course the first thing to hit is the oil pan, hanging low and forward, forward even of the tires.

Anyway, it is now cracked, from the aft end of the previous repair (TIG'd on sheet patch), up around the corner, to the bottom of the first stiffening rib near the float switch.

Is there any hope of repairing this reliably? I have both MIG and TIG gear for aluminum, but dirty/oily cast is a bit of a nuisance, especially from underneath. JB weld? Those funky "brazing" rods that weld aluminum cans to pine?

I don't really have a day to R&R a new $500 pan. Gah!

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