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12-11-2005, 01:07 PM
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Guess what's more fun than putting the engine fan on a 1982 300D?
Guess what's more fun than putting the engine fan back on a 1982 300D?
Give up? The answer is, bolting the engine fan back on a 1982 300D BEFORE putting the fan shroud on....pausing for about 10 seconds...cursing....then removing the fan so you can put the fan shroud on, and then putting the fan back on again.  Nothing like 3 weeks since dissassembly, and 20F weather at 2:30AM to help you do something nice and stupid (not that I wouldn't be just as capable at 70F at 2:00PM). Pete. 
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12-11-2005, 01:45 PM
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That car has got have the worst designed radiator fan. I remember having to grind off my wrench to get it on the bolts, and they're no fun to access. I'd say both my 240D and E300D have much better designed fans. You don't need any special wrench on the 240D and the E300D has only one center bolt, though it's helpful to have the special stubby socket and pulley holder from MB to remove it.
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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual) Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL
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12-11-2005, 01:55 PM
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Oh trust me I know all about how cold weather can affect your judgement...about 3 years ago I swapped my DOHC ZC twin cam engine out of my honda for a B16A1 after Christmas outside with a tarp suspended to keep off the falling snow......ended up with frostbite....not a cool thing to do, and my hands never got numb much less uncomfortibly cold.
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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#4
12-11-2005, 02:20 PM
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Fan Remove 300d
1984 300d Turbo 135k
2001 E320 43k Order A Special 10mm Tool From Mercedesshop.com Or Grind Down A 10 Mm Box Wrench Order New Bolts 10mm Also Had A Olds The Fan Clutch Stop Working After Engine Hot The Fan Will Be Free Spin Install New Fan Clutch Ok $43.00
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12-11-2005, 02:53 PM
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I actually did order the special tool from them, but found that I couldn't get it around the bolt heads. I ended up using a regular cheapy 10mm that fit fine and didn't strip the bolts.
Pete.
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