Just came back from changing the fluid. Let me say this, although I have been working on cars for a short time, this was by far one of the worst jobs i have done.....I was very careful, but boy oh boy does it get miserable down there under the car and really fast.....

anyhow, i drained the converter and transmission. everything seemed nice and clean, but there was some silver residue in the oil pan, not much though....

I went by the factory cd recommendation, and poured in 4 liters of oil as a first start. it is really hard to read the level of oil correctly. Being the newbie i am i read the dipstik and it seemed to have oil all over the place... so i thought maybe i overfilled, but i got the scare of my life as the car would not move in reverse or forward. i guess the oil level was too low for pressure to build..i freaked out for a couple of minutes, and decided to read the level again. it was very low, so i filled roughly around 5.5 liters in there, but i think i overfilled a bit (i can't really tell), the tranny started working fine, and the reverse is engaging faster than before..it got dark, so i called it quits for a day, and drove the car for a bit and parked it. tomorrow i need to find out how much oil i have in there exactly, and if i need to remove or add some...

can someone tell me how to get an accurate reading on that damn dipstick?

thanks,

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1993 300E, 2.8 M104 .....