Thanks Jaime, Dan, and Don for your responses. I'll take a crack at it. I
guess I should have bought those W108 cowl filter inserts when they were on
sale from the Classic Centre a couple of months ago!
I'll be spending a few days on the W108 anyway; ordered a new fuel tank
from the Classic
On the W115, I opened up the front center speaker hole to get the blower
motor out, I didn't cut the firewall. That was the second one. I followed
the manual to replace the first one - took over twice as long.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 1:06 PM David Bruckmann via Mercedes <
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What Jaime said.
I’ve done it in a W114, and it’s nearly as bad as the W108. Not something you
want to start unless you’ve got a lot of time to spend on it. I have a scar on
the back of my right hand from when I did the W114.
One other thing is that if you can determine that the motor is still
You can definitely reach the top of the blower to clear out debris and see
if it turns by removing the cowl. Its a bit of a reach, but its possible.
Replacement requires removal of the heater box completely. Its not quite
as horrible as the internet makes it out to be, but it is a time
Good afternoon,
My '72 280SEL 4.5 has a dead heater blower motor. It was set to "low" and
when I started the car several months ago, electrical smoke emerged from
the area above the motor that contains the filters.
My question: I know that people literally cut through the firewall to
replace the
