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Originally Posted by JamesDean
I've been down that road with both of my SD's. I put the bolts on and then found that it leaked so i tightened them up. This ended up warping the pan at that flange and then damaging the gasket itself.
I decided to play it safe and bought a new pan. They are $60-80 depending on where you buy it from.
Are you planning on changing the filter as well?
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Found tightening trans pan bolts tighter than spec only cuts through the pan gasket. On U.S.A. style trans pans, the edge where the bolts go is flat. Is rounded on MB so tighter bolts tends to get the pan to cut through the gasket.
So, try to straighten the pan if needed, use a new gasket and tighten only to 7 or 8 Nm.
Mercedes 300d
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608012724829095066&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0
Chrysler 31th
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608019008363169406&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0
What ATF? Regular Dexron III.