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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 blower??
Tom Hargrave wrote:
> I sold a Mercedes once for this problem and swore I would never own another
> 114 or 115 body Mercedes. Problem is, my 220D and both 240D's were the best
> running diesels I've owned to date!
Great run
Great running, but not capable of climbing a hill at the speed
limit in most states.
What's wrong with the Frankenheap? It doesn't slow down, and
is only a 200D. Stickshift, and a 616 head on it though.
-- Jim
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Oddly enough, I would go no faster than 80 - 85 down hill which made no
since until I studied how the fuel injection system worked. The engine is
governed to a top speed of 5500 RPM.
I bet it'd go faster in "Georgia overdrive."
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 blower??
Tom Hargrave wrote:
> I sold a Mercedes once for this problem and swore I would never own
> another
> 114 or 115 body Mercedes. Problem is, my 220D and bo
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I sold a Mercedes once for this problem and swore I would never own another
114 or 115 body Mercedes. Problem is, my 220D and both 240D's were the best
running diesels I've owned to date!
Great running, but not capable of climbing a hill at the speed limit in
most states.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 blower??
Sounds about right. I've done the job twice - once by the manual - took me
about 20 hours, and through the speaker hole the second time - took 6-8
Sounds about right. I've done the job twice - once by the manual -
took me about 20 hours, and through the speaker hole the second time -
took 6-8 hours. I had to glue the speaker cover frame back on to keep
it from rattling - the lip it snaps to had to be cut off to get the
fan out.
MB lists
drip some AT fluid onto the shafts at the end of the motor
I have done this.
Can I get to it to do that?
Through the air intake grilles in front of the window.
Using a piece of tubing long enough to reach your mouth
too, I sucked up a little oil and guided the end of the
tube to the bearings
i still maintain that the best course of action is that when your blower
motor goes, sell it to someone who doesn't need a fan and buy one with a
working blower motor.
MB lists the job as 18 hours labor, IIRC, to do it the Benz way. If you go
the trans-speaker hole route, it can be cut down to
-Original Message-
I forgot that the blower in the w115 must be
a close kin to the evaporator and designed by the same fiendish
engineer.
OK, curiosity makes me ask, "how bad is this job" that I have heard vague
references to before? The blower in my
car seems to be fine at this time. I
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