It's almost a 100F day here. Yesterday I replaced the fan clutch. It was toast. I also added redline water wetter. It still slowly creeps up, slower than before... I found a fan shroud on ebay. I'm waiting for it to get here so I can try it on. If that doesn't work the next step is redoing the radiator.

The temp switch was toast. With a new temp switch, the electric fan comes on now. BUT, I stripped the mounting screw holes in the fan's aluminum housing and haven't been able to mount it on the car.

Would an electric fan from a w123 or w116 bolt on in front of the ac condenser? Anyone tried this? On a positive note, I took the 280se on a 100mile roadtrip this morning. It used about 5.3 gallons --->19+mpg. That was with liberal full throttle use. I average 12.5mpg around town/mixed!
Narayan