I just chaned the damper a few months ago. It is a bit of a pain, but it took no more than 20 minutes to change the damper without removing the fan. All that is needed is to slip the belt off of the the tensioner pully and move it up so that the bolt holding the lower section of the damper can slide out of the way.

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2002 G500 74K
1998 E300 200K and rising
1995 S600 73k


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