The ML had one of those trannies - Kaleb has it now. You just pried off the cap on what should have been the dip stick tube, and poof - a serviceable tranny. You then buy the universal tranny dip stick (from Q at that time) and you're in business.
I think there is a law about having to support a product for 7 years. it doesn't say that the price of those parts has to be reasonable, nor that they will be in stock at your local dealer, but should not be un-attainable. We used to hammer computer companies about that all the time. They could get 6 and 7 year old motherboards for us, but they would be VERY expensive. On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yep, and we drive MBs. And MB decided that transmissions should be > sealed. "No user serviceable components" I never bought one of those > cars, and I never bought that line. > > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
