CriticalB
10-07-2019, 11:56 AM
A few weeks ago I drove my car to a club meeting a friend invited me to. I have a lowered suspension and somewhere along the route I bottomed out on a dip in the road I didn't see. A few days later I noticed something hanging under the rear of my car and found it was a broken zip tie that was wrapped around the middle of the frame just beneath the transmission. Over the next few days I could hear a rattle in the rear of the car and finally got around to inspecting it this past weekend. There's a plate about 8 inches wide sitting between the frame and bell housing with 4 holes in it that is just laying on the frame, but there's not enough space to remove it. I found a delorean.com support article on removing the transmission that notes this plate can be removed and tossed, but doesn't say what it is. Does anyone know what it's for? Since I can't remove it, I've secured it with a new zip-tie to silence the rattle.