Why not just take the pan to a welder and have the crack tig welded?
Don

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On Nov 2, 2012, at 5:43 PM, Dana Mueller <dmueller@WACK.COM> wrote:

> Thanks for the oil suggestions. Went to wipe down the drain plug area
> and clean off the pan when I noticed spot weld or whatever you call
> that stuff you can put on and it hardens. The only problem is when
> putting the drain plug pack in, that weakened and now I have one hell
> of a niagra falls happening.
>
> Backstory, purchased the vehicle and had it shipped from SC to WA
> because the westie was in good shape. Got it from some friends and
> reviewed the maintenance records, including calling the shop that
> rebuilt the engine. No one mentioned the cracked plan near the drain
> plug.
>
> This leads to my question-anyone have an oil pan for a 1982 VW diesel 1.6?
>
> -dm