Re: [MBZ] 115 heater blower

2008-06-20 Thread LWB250
I've done it on a 114 and a 108, both were jobs from Hades. I would not encourage anyone to do it unless they had a lot of time and were willing to shred their hands and arms in the process. I think the 114 was the first one I did (1970 250C) and it took me all of two very long days. I

Re: [MBZ] 115 heater blower

2008-06-20 Thread Stuart Saxonberg
Thanks for the input, everyone. I'm tempted to follow OK Don's method of through the top, except I still have no idea how anything goes together in there, and without his experience of Already Having Done It Once, I'm not at all sure what I'd be doing under there; how it all goes together is

Re: [MBZ] 115 heater blower

2008-06-20 Thread OK Don
You need the manual (or CD) to see what you're working with. There's a rubber boot between the housing and the center vents that comes off the housing, and clips down the sides of the housing (IIRC) that have to come off so you can split the housing to get to the fan. The right way took me two 12

Re: [MBZ] 115 heater blower

2008-06-20 Thread Redghost
Did the job on Gump. She had no AC, so the job was really straight forward. The heat exchanger and fan for AC are near impossible to remove without breakage, at least for a ham fist like me. Took a weekend (about 12 shop hours) to remove and replace dash with blower fan install. Take

[MBZ] 115 heater blower

2008-06-19 Thread Stuart Saxonberg
Hi, list - The blower in my (76 300D) 115's been dead for a year or two now, and I'm thinking of jumping in to replace it. (As Marshal suggests periodically, I wouldn't bother to replace it, EXCEPT that it makes an intolerable rattling/groaning/grinding noise at speed if the A/C isn't on - this

Re: [MBZ] 115 heater blower

2008-06-19 Thread Jim Cathey
but the heater core/evap/fan area is inaccessible and strange. I still don't understand the point of that squirrel-cage fan at the...) The squirrel-cage fan in the hump is the recirculating AC fan. The heater fan is in the firewall, and is a propeller fan. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] 115 heater blower

2008-06-19 Thread Tom Hargrave
, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Saxonberg Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:22 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] 115 heater blower Hi, list - The blower in my (76 300D) 115's been

Re: [MBZ] 115 heater blower

2008-06-19 Thread OK Don
I've done it twice, and that's enough. The first time I followed the MB repair manual - pretty much what Tom said, but I also removed the entire dash, if memory proves correct. The second time, (different car - no rust), I pulled it out through the center speaker hole. It took half the time, but