I will take a look at mine. All of them I have seen has had an aux fan. Sent from my iPhone
> On May 22, 2019, at 7:14 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > DING DING DING!!!!! > > We have a winner!! > > Unless there’s something I’m not familiar with on this model, the car has no > auxiliary fan in front of the condenser. I found a double fan setup in the > EPC, but for the life of me I couldn’t find abandoned wires or connectors. If > anyone out there with an ML can give me an idea of where the electricals are > for the fans if they exist (Mitch?) I would appreciate it. > > There’s nothing based on appearance or things in this area that would suggest > auxiliary fans existed. Paint or dirt patterns, nothing that I could see. I > will say that the condenser is huge! The AC, when the blower is working, is > ICE COLD. > > -D > >> On May 22, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> It appears to be missing the aux fan. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 21, 2019, at 9:32 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Don’t know what it is about this vehicle… it seems to want to test me every >>> time I touch it, and while everything seems to end well for the most part, >>> it’s really frustrating. >>> >>> Got my Cardone caliper this afternoon, so I figured I would cool off the >>> garage and put it on along with the new coolant reservoir. >>> >>> Go to drain the cooling system and can’t find the darned drain on the >>> radiator. Weird. Get on the computer to find that there is a plastic >>> petcock on the front left side of the radiator. OK, I can do that. >>> >>> Not. >>> >>> I find the petcock, but I can’t turn it. It’s a plastic tab that you turn >>> to unscrew the valve out to open it, and it’s in a really tight space in >>> the front behind the bumper. I finally get a crescent wrench on it and >>> carefully turn, fully expecting it to snap off. It doesn’t. Relief! But >>> there’s barely a trickle of coolant coming out of the drain. I turn some >>> more, and more coolant comes out, but it’s hardly anything of significance. >>> And yes, I had taken the cap off of the reservoir prior to opening the >>> drain. >>> >>> I turn it a few more times alternating between a monkey wrench and a >>> crescent wrench to turn it. Coolant is coming out now, but not a big gush. >>> Hmm. >>> >>> So I work on replacing the coolant reservoir. Not bad, a few hoses were >>> reluctant to come off, but I got them off without damage eventually. >>> Installed the new reservoir, not a big deal. >>> >>> I move to the right rear to do the caliper. I break the hose fitting first, >>> and it comes loose without issue (thank you, Kroil!!!) Get the caliper >>> bolts out no problem. Disconnect the wear indicator connector. Remove the >>> caliper and unscrew it from the hose. Screw the hose into the new caliper >>> and mount the caliper back on the backing plate. Tighten hose. It’s got a >>> bit of tension on it, so I soaked the hard line fitting where it meets the >>> hose in anticipation for breaking this union and rotating the hose to >>> relieve some of the tension on it. >>> >>> Nope, not going to tempt Fate tonight. >>> >>> Get the rear caliper all tightened down and hook up my power bleeder. I >>> really wanted to bleed the whol > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
