That bolt was missing when we bought the car a couple of months ago. As there is only a very slight leak, I decided to wait until the first oil change to replace it. I ordered a bunch of them. I have a new gasket and the bolts on hand. That dent isn't leaking, but the pan was a new replacement by the PO and it bugs me that's it's hammered. Good idea on the brackets, but if you look closely at the front one in the bottom of the pic you can see that that end is nearly torn from the bolt hole. My neighbor's a welder, I'll ask him if he can fix it. Thanks!

As soon as I started getting familiar with the underside of this car, it's my first merc, I thought to myself "that oil pan is just waiting to get buggered by a rock or parking berm or almost anything sticking up more than 3 inches off the road surface."

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