so the first time I was going to raise my car the jack broke. Long story short: if you use two of those jacks that come with the mercedes one of them will break. Anyways it took some time to grow the courage to get under my car after watching that and I was able to drain the transmission pan today.

My first question is: Is it wierd that there was absolutely no metal in there considering I'm doing this all under the assumption that the B2 piston is broken? The transmission fluid looked like it was in good shape too, not burned at all.

and: Is it necessary to drain the torque converter and if it is how do I get the drain plug in the right area again?

I should be going at it again tomorrow morning, hopefully early because I have to go back to college in the afternoon and won't be doing much with the car until summer I guess.