Thanks Klaus, as always, for your response. The car does start and run, although I haven't installed the radiator yet. I connected the trans lines together with a piece of hose in order to drive the vehicle in an out of the garage while under repair. There isn't a check engine light on, but the engine lopes a bit while I am moving the car in and out of the garage. The dent is on the driver side corner of the square metal face (toward the front of the vehicle)of the throttle body and I thought about cutting its seal and removing the square metal plate in order to inspect its inner workings. I probably will leave replacement until last, but that will make it more difficult to access once I have installed the radiator, condenser and fan.