A friend of mine from another forum just purchased a 1995 Buick Regal GS. He has a concern about his transmission... "I guess it wasn't as big of a build up as I had hoped for.

There are so many things to fix on the car. All little things, mainly. A fuel door is one of them. But more importantly, there is an exposed gear that I saw when doing my oil change. It was very large, much 1.5x the size of a dinner plate. Not sure what it is yet but there were 2 screw holes on the one side. I'm guessin there was guard/shield to it. But it doesn't look like it ever leaked or anything."

Any comments or suggestions?

Thanks.

guessing that is the Flywheel what you are seeing.... and you are missing the shield that is supposed to be there

Yeah, that'* what he was thinking, thanks. By the way I just break cars and I'm not mechanicaly inclined..