New member from South Yorkshire. Introduction.

[DinnoDave]

Introducing myself and my 2000 Mercedes CLK Convertible 2.3 Kompressor auto in Silver, (of course). Black roof, black AMG staggered alloys, 3 pointed star up front.

Having retired and spent some years of playing with BMW's I've treated myself a cheap and cheerful CLK Convertible to tart up for the spring/summer. It looks well and everything works, there just seems to be a transmission leak. Crawling underneath, seems a previous owner has patched the sump gasket with metal paste so bought a new gasket, new filter and 10lts of ATF. Not bought the transmission sump bolts though. Question - can the old ones be re-used or not ? And if not, why not ?? Thanks.

 

[MrGreedy]

Welcome.
I think there's just what you want in the 'how to' section of this forum. The article was written by one of the most trusted and helpful Mercedes independent specialists we have.

HOW TO: change the automatic gerbox oil and flush on a 722.6 'box | HOWTO

Here is my how to on an ATF change on a 722.6 box. There are loads of pics. First pic of the car in question a E320 W210. Make sure the engine is hot. At least a 20 min road test

forums.mbclub.co.uk

For future reference, the general concensus is if you have a good independent near you who will do the job for around £200, just pay them to do it. You won't save much doing it yourself. You might get it wrong. You might snap the bolts, as mentioned in the guide I linked above. Then on your back on the driver, well, not my idea of a good time trying to recover that situation. If I had a post lift, I'd be more up for it.
Car has to be perfectly level and at the correct temps.