Notorious AMG

Hello, I'm looking at buying a 2000 Clk430 with 130,000 miles in absolute pristine condition. The only issue is the transmission is leaking from somewhere in the front. According to the owner he was driving on a snow covered, rut filled, road to his house when he either bottomed out or hit a snow covered rock. The next day the owner noticed a transmission leak under the car and over the course of a week the leakage varied from a lot to a little. Since then, the car has only been moved from the garage to the driveway and back. I looked underneath the car and pan looked in great shape, I could see no damage whatsoever.

Both the owner and I are leaning toward the transmission connector plug as the culprit but I have my hesitations that it is leaking from somewhere else. Any ideas where else it could be
leaking from? As I previously owned another clk430 , conductor plate aside, I know that the 722.6 transmission is pretty indestructible. Thanks for any advice.

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300SE1993

Sounds strange that you saw no damage under there, but my experience is that if the connector plug is leaking, the conductor plate failure is not far behind. I don't have my exact source, but I remember reading that when the inner seal fails, it lets transmission oil into the conductor plate and bad things happen.