>>2975579 Si señor, cut it out and use any of the following to connect it back together: sharkbite fittings, compression fittings, press fittings, JFC glue, brazing, welding
>>2975579 Why not just solder it? Even if you don't currently have a torch, flux and lead-free solder, you can buy all that for the price of most of these options. >>2975579 and have it on hand for when the rest of your pipes fuck off.
if you are going to use non soldering connectors, make sure the pipe is not being used as ground after the connection. If it is, you are going to lose your grounding.
>>2975695 lot of wires near it, maybe some sort of electrolytic thing was going on? looks like recent work was done so who knows what was in the area prior.