I had noticed a few drips of AF on garage floor. Had a look today and glad that I did!

The leak can be seen in the pic below. Presumably that is a transmission cooler line? As you can see from second picture, the nozzle nut completely split into pieces. This without touching it.

I did a search and found that someone on MBCA site had exact same problem on a 300SD some years ago. He was able to fix it (he was a guest, so no way to contact him)

Questions:
- any one here on Peachparts had this problem?
- How to disconnect transmission fluid flare nut? Seems like I would need to grip the threaded nozzle, which could damage it.

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Graham
85 300D,72 350SL, 98 E320, Outback 2.5