Thanks, I'll dig into the archive... May go by the knackers Saturday, see if a good used blower is to be had.
Rich, up for a trip to the knackers? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On February 19, 2015 9:35:20 PM EST, Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >W126 I cut off the harness from the dead porcupine, wired a toggle >switch into if, with terminals to hook up the motor. Yellow not >needed. > >I drilled a hole in the bottom of the box where the porcupine had >been and put the toggle switch there. > >I htink the 124 is similar. > >When I was able to get a replacement porcupine for a reasonable >price, everything unplugged and the new porcupine went in. Only one >hole to plug if you want to bother. > > >Trying to drive in below zero with no heat or defrost was way too >much like driving a rusted out Karmann Ghia 45 years ago. Scrape the >inside, roll down the window, scrape the outside, try to exhale >slowly out of the side of your mouth to minimize frosting up the >window while driving. > >I think the Nov writeup has more detail. > >Peter chastised me thoroughly for running the blower full blast with >the toggle switch, but even with the porcupine, it runs full blast >unless the sun is out and the temps get close to 40 or so. It sure >beats no defrost and no heat! > >_______________________________________ >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 > >All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list >owner has no control over the content of the messages of each >contributor. _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
