Lowes had some bolts that were a perfect match except that they weren't galvanized like the mercedes intake manifold bolts. They will work in a pinch, especially if you put them on some of the more accessible areas to replace your stripped ones. I also found some stainless steel bolts at Lowes that were the right pitch and size but were not allen head. Again, those will work in a pinch, especially where installed in the upper, accessible holes.

You can get replacements from your MB dealer of course. Once you know the correct bolt description, which you can get matching the bolt at Lowes, you should be able to find some stainless steel replacements online, which I think would be preferable over the galvanized ones.

One thing about the intake gasket -- the one that you get from MB is of a higher quality and of different construction from some of the aftermarket ones out there.

Ben, in the factory manual pdfs the preview image is sometimes not very good quality and smaller diagrams can often be read better when actually printed.

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Stainless-steel and Aluminum do not play nice, I recommend against putting stainless fasteners into an aluminum head as they might never come out again.

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