Max, et al. When I found that the fan motor was seized, only the fan was replaced, no go. Winkled out the controller, replaced same, now there is correct air movement and control. The removal of the squirrel cage always struck me as a waste of time, unless the motor were new. First the rusty shaft would have to be de-rusted, ala Jim Cathey, and the the olde plastic fan would have to be removed from the original and mounted on the new motor shaft. A junk-yard motor/controller assembly makes more sense to me; plus you have the method of removal and all the fasteners, etc. YMMV Fred ________________________________________ From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: 27 December 2015 18:35 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Max Dillon Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pumpkin time.
HVAC fan can be tricky, buried under the mono-wiper. Three wires: power, ground, and control. I've had one bad fan motor and one bad "porcupine" motor controller. I bought the Mercedes-Source kit for the fan motor, it included a custom made special tool for removing the fan blades. You need to measure the fan blade axial distances to make sure they don't rub when installed on the new motor, and maintain the clock timing for balance. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 _______________________________________ 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
