Tips for removing baked-on gasket sought.

I have a small leak on the torque converter pan on my '99 528i. A few years ago I did a ATF service by removing & cleaning the main pan & magnet and replacing the filter (and gasket) but didn't do the torque converter pan. At that time the main pan gasket was a PITA to remove - the gasket had "plasticized"and was melded to the (aluminum) mounting surface, so I'm anticipating the TC pan will be the same.

I've read that the Permatex Low-VOC remover isn't effective (go figure). Are there...

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