Interesting.
Given their widespread usage, I’m surprised the aftermarket hasn’t come up with some type of add-on skid protector.
They have, the main problem was we were 8 months out on surplusing the Vics and the boys in blue thought they could influence the delivery date of the new Charger Interceptors. They starting jumping curbs like it was an episode of Dukes of Hazzard and we ended up with 6 of them in the garage with blown transmissions.
We had no choice but to replace them ($22,000) as that was 1/3 of the fleet. We stopped the epidemic from spreading by purchasing and installing the skid plates.
But seriously, if you look at the transmission pan it has a small (about 1/2 to 3/4 inch) little protusion extending downward (about the size of half you thumb) which is where this little pin (valve) sits. They would flatten that and drive that pin upwards into the transmission works.