Kestas,

This sounds like a write-up for a GM vehicle. The first time I droped my trans pan on my Chevy Astro I installed a drain plug. GM was kind enough to route the exhaust pipe so it would interfere with dropping the trans pan.

My 98 E320 comes with a factory drain plug in the trans pan as well as the torque converter plug.

For step #12, would it work if you placed the other end (suction side) of the oil cooler line into a fresh container of ATF thus replenishing the old ATF coming out with fresh ATF going in?

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Ray
1998 Mercedes E320, 200K Miles
2001 Acura 3.2TL, 178K Miles
1992 Chevy Astro, 205K Miles