It is not a mounting, but a safety feature that will prevent the transmission from separating from the chassis in the event of a roll-over.

The rubber in the roll-over catch-all is not rigid enough to act as a mounting.

Somebody previously posted a photo of a brand new one which looked much like yours.

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