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Yes I have two questions.
1: The 2 rear bolts on gearbox oil pan (marked blue) are not accessible from under. Maybe they can be removed with a small wrench, but how to install them again and torque them to 4 nm + 180 degree?
2. To drain the oil in the torque converter i believe that the start/stop oil pump (marked red) need to be remove to access the converter drain plug.
Sorry to dig up an old thread. Did you ever figure out how to access the 2 rear pan bolts in a way to put on the proper torque? Same situation here, and the alternative seems to be supporting the transmission to remove the rear support plate and mount.
I drilled two holes for the rear bolts so I could access them with a torque wrench. It was quite simple, the material was not particularly hard.
Just do it carefully so you don't damage the oil pan.
Genius solution. I will look at mine again with that in mind. That plate is different on my non-4matic because the rolled edge of the plate is directly under the transmission bolts. Also mine has 3 inner bolts for the transmission mount instead of 4. I can reach the transmission pan bolts with the e-torx wrench, but not with a socket and torque wrench to get the proper 4 NM when the plate is blocking.
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