Around here, if I had to pay a welder to do that, it would cost more than the motor was worth. I have never actually tried this; but just looking at it, what I would try is this: I would cut and file off what’s left of the broken area. Then I would make a small aluminum block, the same depth and height as the original part but 50% longer, fore and aft. It looks like there is enough swing room on the hasp, to do that. Then I would drill my pivot hole. Next, I would carefully drill and tap two mounting holes in the little block , with corresponding holes in the cover, and attach with a couple of maybe 4-40 pan head machine screws. Just a thought. It would not be easy but it would save welding cost and paint.
Long live American manufacturing!
