Ok Don wrote: My brother bought a Corolla with a rattly blower - turned out to
be a dead mouse.
I am just getting back from vacation, so I am a little behind in the emails.
BUT, it is funny that you mentioned this because I just had a similar
experience. We were with some of my relatives in
Of OK Don
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My brother bought a Corolla with a rattly blower - turned out to be a
dead mouse.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED
: [MBZ] always on blower motor 1981 300SD
OK Don wrote:
My brother bought a Corolla with a rattly blower - turned out to be a
dead mouse.
The mouse died? I hate when that happens, especially when you get stranded
alongside the road with no mouse to turn the crankshaft
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A couple of months ago the 'always on' blower started chirping - sounds
like a piece of paper
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Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 7:09 PM
Good advice. Anything else to check while he is in there?
BillR
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My brother bought a Corolla with a rattly blower - turned out to be a
dead mouse.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Make sure theres no paper in there, or anything else that could make some
annoying little noise! ;)
Seriously, if its a thing in there, do
OK Don wrote:
My brother bought a Corolla with a rattly blower - turned out to be a
dead mouse.
The mouse died? I hate when that happens, especially when you get stranded
alongside the road with no mouse to turn the crankshaft.
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On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:49:16 -0400 Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK Don wrote:
My brother bought a Corolla with a rattly blower - turned out to be a
dead mouse.
The mouse died? I hate when that happens, especially when you get
stranded alongside the road with no mouse to turn the
Yup - that's the Toyoto quality for you!
The mouse died? I hate when that happens, especially when you get
stranded alongside the road with no mouse to turn the crankshaft.
Got to go round up a chipmunk to replace it and upgrade the power unit.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
There are
A couple of months ago the 'always on' blower started chirping - sounds
like a piece of paper got in there. It stopped for a few weeks, with just
occasional chirps, but has now returned pretty much full time. It sometimes
stops on turns, but the controllable fan doesn't affect it [a tiny bit
Usually what I would term a chirp on a frequent basis is the early warning
that the motor is on the way out. But you say it sounds like a piece of
paper in there? That isn't the same sound I am thinking of. I am thinking of
something that does sound like a bird chirp.
Now early warning is a
on each end of the
motor) and ran it for awhile. Then dripped in more ATF. Its been nearly 2 years
like that now with no reoccurance.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:41:42 -0400
From: Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] always on blower motor 1981 300SD
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes
Bill R wrote:
A couple of months ago the 'always on' blower started chirping - sounds
like a piece of paper got in there. It stopped for a few weeks, with just
occasional chirps, but has now returned pretty much full time. It sometimes
stops on turns, but the controllable fan doesn't affect
such a
thing be written up anywhere?
BillR
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Usually what I would term
, 2008 4:54 PM
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I'd think it more likely the fan is in trouble, or rather a bearing in the
fan is in trouble. My 190D had exactly the same sort of thing. I took the
cover off the fan (which also requires removing the windshield
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Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:56 PM
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Bill R wrote:
A couple of months ago the 'always on' blower started chirping - sounds
Bill R. wrote: A couple of months ago the 'always on' blower started chirping
- sounds like a piece of paper got in there. It stopped for a few weeks, with
just occasional chirps, but has now returned pretty much full time. It
sometimes stops on turns, but the controllable fan doesn't affect
Either way it wouldn't be a bad time to have the bearing lubed. Shouldn't be a
big job for a competant indy...
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Bill R. wrote: A couple of months ago the 'always on' blower started
chirping - sounds like a piece of paper got
Good advice. Anything else to check while he is in there?
BillR
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