I'll bet you're real popular at parties.TonyC wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 3:55 pm YOWTCH!! That was a hard hit!! It looks like a prior owner rolled onto a high curb hard enough to tear a chunk out of the bell-housing! I'm surprised the transmission survived! I made that mistake last year, left a pretty big dent in the forward edge of the fluid pan; but luckily, that was the only damage caused, and it did not fully penetrate into a hole.
Yes, there is supposed to be a plate at the front, held in place by two bolts, to shield the torque converter from road debris. But with that sort of damage to the bell-housing, IDK if a plate can go on even if you had it. To remedy that, you'd need an intact replacement bell-housing and remove the transmission to swap it in. On the other hand, at least you can do that; that sort of damage to a first-gen C-6 would require replacing the entire casing–essentially, the entire transmission..
---Tony
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Thanks Tony.