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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again- the tools he used were specific to Mercedes Benz vehicles and were not generic. [/quote]

Nope. Sorry. You’re being lied to.

The diagnostic/ECM scanners are brand-specific because they’re proprietary to the manufacturer. Same with certain specialty tools for servicing or removing parts of the transmission in particular.  But the fasteners themselves - the nuts and bolts that hold everything together - are just common metric hardware. The same wrench that turns the drain plug on a Hyundai oil pan turns the drain plug on a Mercedes oil pan. [/quote]

I’m not being lied to.  I sat there and watched everything he was doing!  I am making this statement from my own observations of oil changes and other repairs being done in my other cars.  The parts on this car are not the same as for example my 2003 lexus.  [b]The bolts in the Mercedes are different[/b].  They are covered. Cover must be removed first w a tool before the bolt can be removed.  Not gonna debate you. [/quote]

I work on my own cars. The bolts are most definitely not “different”. Head size, diameter, thread pitch, hardness, tempering specs - those all vary depending on the components in the engine they’re fastening together. But the bolts themselves are just generic metric hardware. 
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