Started to work on the floor sound deadening and noticed this hole that I either didn't notice before or never understood how someone could have done such damage to a firewall. Front collision could have sent the engine against the firewall? Maybe.
But then after years working on the car and learning from here and also from my own sweat replacing the TB45 on my GU, I now know that the bell housing top bolts are a pain in the but to reach. Looking closer at it, I believe someone at some point got really pissed with it and punched a hole through the firewall. The (AUS) driver side bolt does not have a corresponding hole but has a nice dent/crack on its direction, so I suppose that one is now reachable from the engine bay. Thought about fixing it but then, fark it... I would never do something like this but since it is already done, I will benefit from it in the future when I need to replace a clutch or something. I have only bent the sharp edges back in and sealed it with the butyl material used on the sound deadening. On the engine side I sealed it with a more heat resistant material.
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