I hope this is normal, but it sort of caught me by surprise today. I was taking a peak under my new (to me) T/A, just checking things out, and realized that I can actually see the flywheel and torque converter. Every other car I've worked on these have been inside the bellhousing and not visible. Is this normal??
BTW: stock LG4 305 and 700R4 trans.

You can sorta see what I am talking about in this photo, to the right of the yellow oil filter:

 

Yes it's normal, for a car that's missing the dust cover that goes there.

 

GM auto trans cars would have a plastic dust shield bolted to the front bottom of the trans to cover the torque converter... They are almost never put back on and in a lot of cases took off on purpose to cool the trans/converter better.

Also the bolt holes break out and cover falls off.

 

Thanks guys! Glad it's nothing to worry about.

 

Those covers are not hard to come by... plenty of em in junkyards.

 

There are always a few for sale on Fleabay. The thing with the cover is it keeps rocks, water, and small mammals out of that area.

 

Thanks everyone! I'll try to grab myself a cover quickly

 

If you weren't in Canada I'd say I'd sell you the one I have sitting in my garage taking up floor space. It's for a TH350 though, not sure if it'd fit.

 

Thanks. i found some dude selling one in my local classifieds, he's right up the street from me so I'll grab it this week.

 

I have a metal cover on mine. Been that way since I bought it in 03...