masonmjs
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- Apr 17, 2011
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- Location
- Dundee, Scotland
- Your Mercedes
- SL 500/1996/M119
Hi All,
Not posted here before IIRC but have been a member since 2011 (you could say I'm a bit slow) when I bought the above referenced car.
Anyway, I just took the car out of long term storage, got it MOT'd (just 2 minor advisories) and a noisy fan (clicking noise like leaves in the fan).
Looking around I spotted that this is common enough problem with a variety of fixes, so I chose the one I thought was the least complicated and easiest to implement, the bent coat hanger mod !. I was expecting to find copious examples of similar fixes here but a search revealed - nothing, so here goes.
Having worked on Saabs, I can honestly say that the SL is a dream to work on by comparison, everything comes off so easily, and the bonnet maintenance position is first class, I wish all cars were made this way.
Here is the car in various stages of disassembly :
Untitled by Mike, on Flickr
Untitled by Mike, on Flickr
From here it was relatively easy to get the whole blower assembly out for the next part :
and here is the fix installed, just a couple of small holes drilled in the plastic motor support and fed the coat hanger 'clip' up from the bottom, probably nearly impossible without taking the assembly out as seen here ...
Untitled by Mike, on Flickr
It's a shame that the coat hanger was white (and I could have stripped it back to bare metal) but I don't suppose it matters really, the main thing is that it works like a dream.
Hope this helps anyone else out there with the same issues - enjoy.
Not posted here before IIRC but have been a member since 2011 (you could say I'm a bit slow) when I bought the above referenced car.
Anyway, I just took the car out of long term storage, got it MOT'd (just 2 minor advisories) and a noisy fan (clicking noise like leaves in the fan).
Looking around I spotted that this is common enough problem with a variety of fixes, so I chose the one I thought was the least complicated and easiest to implement, the bent coat hanger mod !. I was expecting to find copious examples of similar fixes here but a search revealed - nothing, so here goes.
Having worked on Saabs, I can honestly say that the SL is a dream to work on by comparison, everything comes off so easily, and the bonnet maintenance position is first class, I wish all cars were made this way.
Here is the car in various stages of disassembly :
Untitled by Mike, on Flickr
Untitled by Mike, on FlickrFrom here it was relatively easy to get the whole blower assembly out for the next part :
and here is the fix installed, just a couple of small holes drilled in the plastic motor support and fed the coat hanger 'clip' up from the bottom, probably nearly impossible without taking the assembly out as seen here ...
Untitled by Mike, on FlickrIt's a shame that the coat hanger was white (and I could have stripped it back to bare metal) but I don't suppose it matters really, the main thing is that it works like a dream.
Hope this helps anyone else out there with the same issues - enjoy.
