Thanks Curly and Wilton. Very nice to have fixed it for a nice low price.
Fortunate I found it so quickly. There are several yards scattered about
Charleston, a couple up the road a bit in Summerville that I need to check out
someday.
Yes, big heat sink on the blower regulator is called a
Where's the 124 porcupine? Directly above front passenger's feet in my/Tim's
350SDL. Replaced it once with shaky hands and bassackward view via mirror; got
it done anyway.
Wilt
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Thanks Curly and Wilton. Very nice to have fixed it
It's under the blower motor in the fan housing, kinda a pain to get
out (you have to hold your left hand in the right position as you fish
around with your right, etc). Usually dirty, too.
Peter
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Yes, buried under the hood, under the windshield wiper and all the rain gutter
pieces at the base off the windshield.
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'95 E300
On February 21, 2015 6:38:32 PM EST, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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It's under the blower motor in the
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:47:17 -0600 Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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You can get replacement electronics. Chinese, so who knows how long
they will last, but the cheap replacement I put in the wagon works
fine with the new blower.\
You cannot replace the
I don't think a DC motor is going to care how the RMS voltage and
current are decreased.
No. It doesn't usually even care that it is _DC_!
The 'universal' motor type, in other words.
The porcupine is also mounted in the airflow from
the fan so its supplemental heat is used. (Unless
you have
Dan, copy on the steering wheel.
All: new regulator works.
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Thanks, Max.
I suspect that something like this would go in short order, but it's a long
shot I'm willing to take. A good price for a used one that's in decent
condition without an air bag is probably $200. I have a spare airbag so that's
not a concern.
Dan
On Feb 21, 2015, at 12:36 PM,
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 08:49:03 -0600 Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com
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Right. the dodge resistor pack is essentially an electric heater. It
provides supplemental heat as it is mounted. dogde mounts it in the
heater duct through the front of the firewall. so the heat goes into
the
Max,
This goes for everyone on the list:
If anyone sees a wood and leather steering wheel on an R129 or W140 in the
knackers, let me know. They are pretty much interchangeable between the two
chassis. I watch for them on eBay regularly but they're usually trashed or
stupid expensive. A guy
Home from LKQ now, $11.25 for a used blower regulator from a '91 coupe, 157k
miles on the clock.
Rich, there were a coupe 126 cars, both gassers, coupe and a sedan.
If I get this in quickly, and it works, may go back for the nice black steering
wheel in the coupe. Didn't have my torx bits
The new blower regulator is installed and working, took about an hour and
forty-five minutes.
I realize now that as the old regulator was failing, it may have been
generating a lot of heat. I noticed that setting the temp lower would not
always produce lower vent air temperature, especially
Dan, copy on the steering wheel.
All: new regulator works.
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That is a score! Congrats and attaboy!
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Right. the dodge resistor pack is essentially an electric heater. It
provides supplemental heat as it is mounted. dogde mounts it in the
heater duct through the front of the firewall. so the heat goes into
the
ATTABOY!
Does the 124 have a porcupine?
Wilt
Max Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
The new blower regulator is installed and working, took about an hour and
forty-five minutes.
I realize now that as the old regulator was failing, it may have been
generating a lot of
Yes, I should have written blower regulator vice blower.
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'95 E300
On February 20, 2015 12:52:58 AM EST, Craig via Mercedes
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 23:07:10 -0500 Max Dillon via Mercedes
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May go by the
You cannot use a rheostat to regulate blower speed
manually, the thing would have to be good for dropping
quite a bit of power. (Think: Frankenstein movie prop,
that level of technology.) Consider the heat sink fins
that are on the porcupine itself, or the physical size and
robustness of the
You can get replacement electronics. Chinese, so who knows how long
they will last, but the cheap replacement I put in the wagon works
fine with the new blower.\
You cannot replace the controller with a resistor, it's a duty cycle
controller, controls fan speed by switching the ground in
Plan A is find a used from a later gasser at the knackers tomorrow (predicted
high of 63F, whoohoo!). Plan B will be a toggle switch to provide full power
until I can repeat Plan A.
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On February 20, 2015 7:47:17 PM EST, Peter Frederick via
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:47:17 -0600 Peter Frederick via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
You can get replacement electronics. Chinese, so who knows how long
they will last, but the cheap replacement I put in the wagon works
fine with the new blower.\
You cannot replace the
You cannot use a rheostat to regulate blower speed
manually, the thing would have to be good for dropping
quite a bit of power. (Think: Frankenstein movie prop,
that level of technology.) Consider the heat sink fins
that are on the porcupine itself, or the physical size and
robustness of the
Peter wrote:
You cannot replace the controller with a resistor, it's a duty
cycle controller, controls fan speed by switching the ground in
and out. Blower will probably burn up if you use a resistor
instead, it's meant to run full power or none, not by controlling
current to the blower.
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?
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On February 19, 2015 9:35:20 PM EST, Curly McLain via Mercedes
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W126
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 23:07:10 -0500 Max Dillon via Mercedes
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May go by the knackers Saturday, see if a good used blower is to be
had.
From what I picked up from the thread, you'll need the something that
drives the blower instead of another blower.
Craig
Did someone on this list post a cheap solution for bypassing the blower
motor voltage regulator with a rheostat for manual control of the blower?
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OK, pretty sure I've isolated to the regulator. There is a three-pin
connector that comes out of the fan housing to a firewall connection on the
driver's side. Yellow, red and black wires, go to the voltage regulator
(N29 on the wiring diagram). Red is power from the 30A fuse on the drivers
I used a simple ON/OFF toggle switch to operate blower in my 350SDL on a
weekend years ago.
Wilton
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Did someone on this list post a cheap solution for bypassing the blower
motor voltage regulator with a rheostat for manual control of
Did someone on this list post a cheap solution for bypassing the blower
motor voltage regulator with a rheostat for manual control of the blower?
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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
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