transmission hole damage?

[Yarkle]

Pulled the engine today, and found this:

engine stud:

transmission holes for the studs:

is this a problem? the metal that seems to have ground off is pretty thin, ...Its been almost 30 years since ive pulled a vw engine, so i dotn know if that kind of "cut out" looking part to the hole is normal or not
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Tilda the Mustard Tigress 1973 Squareback (o'''^'''o)

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[Danwvw]

There may be something else loose like the front mount that was causing it to move around some! I would install new motor mounts trans mounts etc.. should be ok. It will be interesting to see how things fit afterwards.
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[wbrown45]

I think you will be okay with that little bit of notching. It probably is just from a PO trying to install the engine with difficult clutch alignment.
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OK Thang

[Yarkle]

thats the plan..its been sitting for a long time, and hopefully once i get the boys bus done i can get back to working on this one.

It does look like it was taken offroad by the PO (its been sitting since @1983?)


wbrown- most likely..when i bought it, the guy had the original engine pulled, and had some big bore monstrosity in it-he never actually drove it, just installed it and then found a split bus a day or so after, so sold me this to help finance that project..He then replaced the original motor, so that could very well be the cause.
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Tilda the Mustard Tigress 1973 Squareback (o'''^'''o)

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[wbrown45]

Good luck Yarkie. I hope it goes well.
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OK Thang