The HVAC Fan in Tom's W-126 stopped recently , as it's been bugger all hot here we decided to address it to - day , went to our favorite P-A-P and began taking apart W-126 dashboards . It turns out Mercedes knew this would be a high service item and so until 1982 , it was super simple to remove and replace , I bet if I was in The Dealer , I could swap them out in 30 minutes or less . What I did was to practice the job by taking several apart including one 1991 W-126 in hopes it's fan motor would have less wear , it turns out tht although the fan proper remains the same , the electrical connections are different in the W-126's with all black fan speed buttons . I was able to find one that worked well and installed it a few blocks away under some shady trees , it blows nicely again and more air volume too as I cleaned old dried leaves out of both the plenum and the squirrel cage . I don't know how long I spent swapping the fan out , Tom will , as always I spent extra time cleaning things and trying to fix it " Just So " . We'll soon find some brushes and I'll replace them as post about it here , it looks to be another simple job . One of the W-126's we found was a nice Grey Market 6 cylinder gasser , it had a Becker Europa Electronic radio we grabbed , a nice until and well worth the $17.00 price if it works , they usually do . I also found a super clean and shiny 1978 W-123 300D that Tom noticed still held vacuum in the central locking . in the junkyard no less ! . As it was a wretched Klima-I HVAC equipped car , I bet they simply gave up fighting for cool air and drove it to the junkyard , it was that clean and had shiny paint etc. I was able to find some nearly new taillight lenses for $20 each , shortly they'll be in my beloved Turbo Diesel Sports Coupe . I'm really tired and am prolly forgetting some details of the works but we had fun and the car is better now . -Nate |
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