It used to be a one piece case, haha! But yes, i thought it was a two piece. That is what happens when i post without having my coffee (or not enough coffee).
He can grab another core and rebuild it but he needs to determine why it broke in the first place
Torque converter not seated, transmission hanging, whatever.
Somebody tried to pull it into alignment with an impact.
The next thing to look at is the transmission mount.
If they whacked the bellhousing with an impact they may have whacked the mount too.
Never use an impact on cast aluminum or pot metal.
If you are going to sell the truck.
Trying to repair that bellhousing.
If you are going to pay to have it done correctly,
Will be just as expensive or more expensive than buying a 90 day wonder from the wrecking yard.
You not only have to find someone who knows how to make that weld.
At somewhere in the 100 buck an hour range.
You have to find someone with that capacity who is willing to make that weld.
Most shops will not touch that because of liability.
It just isnt financially worth the risk.
And most shops if they do that work and it fails the insurance company will not pay.
If you find a weld shop that is willing to do that repair.
They are either uninsured or dont understand liabilty .
And the problem is that if they weld that bellhousing and it blows apart on the freeway and you hit somebody else?
The uninsured company declares bankruptcy and disappears.
Your insurance company will not pay because you knowingly put a defective vehicle on the road.
Guess whos left when the civil suits and wrongfull death suits happen after the insurance companies bail?
That is you.
The thing people dont understand about being civily sued is that it doesnt matter if you win the case.
It is that it will suck a couple of years out of your life and you will owe a shitload of money to your lawyers.
Bankrupting out of legal fees is not easy.
You owe money....
To lawyers.
