I agree but at least I have let them know I want to see this hole. He said the trans guy could see a trail from one spot to where it puddles so I still am wondering if this couldn't simply be leftover from when the fluid may have blown out of the dipstick tube but they seem to be confident it is actually leaking from the case. I didn't ask but would assume they know enough to actually make sure the fluid level in the case is actually decreasing.
I am still kicking myself for making such a boneheaded connection but that trans vent tube location is terribly misleading especially coupled with the battery coming with a tube and adapter. It has been a comedy (tragic) of errors all the way back to how I "killed" the battery in the first place but I still find it incredulous that my boneheaded connection, that I removed after only 20 miles, has caused such a hole in the case and all this expense.
Thanks for all your comments because discussing it at least helps my blood pressure a little.
