We're talking about an '85 300D, California model. A few days ago, I
noticed that the blower was working intermittently, and mostly not at
all. So, I removed it, cleaned it, removed and resoldered its amp,
and put it back together. Now it works well enough that I have heat
and defrost and
Typically the blower will come on at the lowest speed only except on
defrost of if you have the high speed button pushed. It will then
adjust to the correct speed for the required conditioning, usually
after 10 or 15 seconds.
I think this is supposed to do two things -- prevent a blast of
is needed. If starting cold in winter, for
example, fan will not start 'til some heat from engine coolant is available.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Phil Andrus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 7:30 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Blower control: How
operation or an anomoly. On defrost and high, the blower starts
immediately, which is what I would expect. On low, automatic, and with
the heat on any setting other than defrost, there is a delay between
my pushing the button and the fan coming on. This delay, which seems
quite regular, really
