do you necessarily need a clutch housing cover. i know some of the 5 speeds had these but do you need them for a t56?

 

do you need this part cover flywheel housing. or is it not necessary?

 

You don't "need" it, "necessarily", in the sense that the car won't work without it. But it's a REAL GOOD IDEA to have one.

You can re-use your T-5 one. IIRC when I did the swap in my car, I had to drill & tap 2 of the 4 screw holes for it though. Maybe all 4, I don't recall for sure, I'm sofakingdom I probably couldn't have counted them right at the time, much less remembered the number this long. The holes in the T-5 cover don't line up exactly to the holes in the T-56 bell housing. There's bolt bosses in the BH in the right place, just not machined out; all it needed was D&T, and it was all good.

 

does anyone know where i can get one of these parts. because i do want one.

 

GM, junkyard.

 

Discontinued from GM.

 

I don't think they are discontinued for the t56. I just ordered one yesterday. I't supposed to come in tomorrow. It was about $7 for the shield and 65 cents each for the 4 screws. I can get the part numbers when I get home.

 

well it turns out it was discontinued. I'm just going to make a cover out of aluminum.