How many nuts hold the pan? Try a hammer and chisel and chop it off. Once you get it off replace the gasket and use the remaining nuts to put it back on. It shouldn’t leak. If you want to you can drill it out and put a helicoil in if you really want all the nuts back.
There’s only 2 nuts. Weird design.
The pan is held by ten 10 mm nuts featuring 100% health.
The pan also has two 10 mm nuts, one of which has 100% health. The other nuts is the culprit and...is making my life hell.
I did just buy a hammer (Home Depot is 300 meters from this here Starbucks) and believe it or not I do have chisel in the car.
It didn’t work with the dollar store hammer that I just broke but now I have a much stronger $9 hammer.
Aside - When I brought it into the shop they said:
“Your problem will be fixed with a new Oil Pressure Sender Switch and we can do that in two days...it’ll cost you $200...”
AND THEY WERE SERIOUS..!!! Hahahahhahah.
I switched the switch myself at Autozone for $10.
Helicoil or a nut-splitter.