Re: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123

2015-02-08 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Attaboy! BTW, electric motor shops and appliance parts place sell the turbo oil in bottles with a long spout for oiling bearings behind fans. One of them may have saved you some bother, and you could have picked up some new brushes too. For the last 6 months or so the heater blower motor

Re: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123

2015-02-08 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Wilton wrote: > BTW, 'reminds of... Reminds me of a squirrely sound from our W123 blower, but the blower runs fine and if turned off, the sound continues. Not outside, but in cabin. Also, I wonder if my starter is slow at release. Sound is quite pronounced at 35mph+ and outside and then it just

Re: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123

2015-02-08 Thread wiltonw--- via Mercedes
BTW, 'reminds of squealing speedo on my nearly "showroom" 124 last Wed morning (temp 23F); quite whine at 70 mph for 5 min or so. Wilton wiltonw--- via Mercedes wrote: > > ATTABOY, and 'hope it holds. > > Wilton > > fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > For the last 6 months or so the

Re: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123

2015-02-08 Thread wiltonw--- via Mercedes
ATTABOY, and 'hope it holds. Wilton fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > For the last 6 months or so the heater blower motor has > occasionally been squeaking. A few days ago it was clearly > getting worse. Time to do something about it. > > Seeing as I am a cheapskate, I didn't really want to

Re: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123

2015-02-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
des > wrote: > > Lets see if I can beat Wilton to an ATTABOY! > -Curt > > > From: fmiser via Mercedes > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2015 5:21 PM > Subject: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123 > > For the last 6 months or so the heat

Re: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123

2015-02-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Lets see if I can beat Wilton to an ATTABOY! -Curt From: fmiser via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2015 5:21 PM Subject: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123 For the last 6 months or so the heater blower motor has occasionally been squeaking.  A few days ago

[MBZ] Blower motor, W123

2015-02-08 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
For the last 6 months or so the heater blower motor has occasionally been squeaking. A few days ago it was clearly getting worse. Time to do something about it. Seeing as I am a cheapskate, I didn't really want to spend the money to buy a replacement unless it truly needed to be replaced. In a