Lots of good ideas thanks for all the suggestions. Decieded to just bite the bullet and order a new cover. If I were to repair it I was going to remove it and do it off the car. My fear was that being 40+ years old and knowing it already had a helicoil for a pan bolt ( noticed that when I initially installed). There is always a chance that another hole might strip out. Not worth taking a chance so new it is.
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