Dr,T, I own a BMW so I'm not certain about the Mercedes equipment but I will share what I found on my GM built transmission in my car.
My car uses a 5 speed automatic transmission (A5S 360R) that was built by General Motors at their factory in Strasbourg, France. Texaco of Europe is contracted to manufacture the factory transmission fluid for my particular application. The fluid is Texaco ETL 7045E and is made exclusively to be shipped to the Strasbourg transmission plant. This fluid is NOT available for sale to the public.
Texaco of Europe put me in contact with a North American office that was able to tell me what a suitable fluid would be to replace the factory fill fluid with. They said that the product to use is "Chevron/Texaco Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid Heavy Duty".
If your car uses either the GM built 5 speed or ZF built 5 speed automatic (specifying TE-ML 14B requirement) then this fluid meets the requirement specifications.
Forgot about the rear axle
If your car has the ASD traction control then it requires a special fluid that is a "dealer only" item. If you don't have the ASD then I believe the rear axle uses a GL-5 80W-90 and it doesn't specify synthetic so that is up to you. The capacity is 1.2 liters.
Do you have the current chassis W140 or the older chassis?
[ March 26, 2003, 09:37 AM: Message edited by: FowVay ]