Not sure, but why bother? You still need to get under there to replace the filter and gasket, so the pan has to come off. And if your car was built prior to 9/99, it has a drain plug for the torque converter that you ought to drain too. If you're careful, which I'm not all the time, draining the transmisssion doesn't have to be that messy of a job, even doing it on your back.
Just dropping the pan will not get all the oil out in most cars, not sure about MB. On my Avalanche, for example, only about 3 quarts will drain this way from a 12 quart (approx) capacity.
I'd like to get most of the oil out without having to go in for a flush.
Dropping the pan and draining the torque converter will get you maybe 7 or 8 of the 11 or so liters. The Topsider won't get you any more than that and will likely get you a lot less. And since this is a "sealed for life" transmission :) , replacing 75% of the fluid is fine assuming you plan to do the service every 30,000 to 50,000 miles.
Dropping the pan and draining the torque converter will get you maybe 7 or 8 of the 11 or so liters. The Topsider won't get you any more than that and will likely get you a lot less. And since this is a "sealed for life" transmission :) , replacing 75% of the fluid is fine assuming you plan to do the service every 30,000 to 50,000 miles.
Len
If you going to drop the pan, I would still use your topsider, then drop the pan. Then you will have less chance of making a mess. Also, you can then measure the fluid you took out from your topsider can (providing you started with it empty).
Please reply if/when you do this, I am very interested in doing the same.
I'm not planning on doing this on my Benz yet, but I was thinking of doing it on my Avalanche. Just asking around to see if it would be worth it to purchase the topsider.
I had not thought about your idea, I'm sure dropping the pan on my Av is going to be very messy because it is so badly located. But with the tosider I might have a cleaner task.
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