Brian23
Senior Member
Today I went to change the Gear Box (GB) fluid (I have in the end bought MB fluid) and filter on a 1999 SLK. Everything Ok until I went to undo the front 2 bolts. Heads broke off. Well I thought that I was in for hell of a job, but because the clamps are Aluminum and the bolts go all the way through the clamps, after a struggle the clamp freed it'self from the bolt shank and left it proud of the GB housing so that it could be twisted out. This was something that I did not expect and so had to get some bolts quickly. Good job it was a Friday. So if you are thinking of removing the GB sump cover, make sure that you get new bolts first. May be obvious to some but not to others.