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Right above the passenger's feet.
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There was one large panel above the passenger footwell and a smaller vent panel on the left side. I have taken both off and don't see the motor. What am I missing? Where is the second panel?
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Muleears '07 E320 Bluetec 133K my DD '04 Jaguar XJ8 VDP, 34K '10 Hyundai Accent 60K Grocery Getter '02 VW Golf soon to be on the road again '97 E300 Diesel Son's DD '61 VERY tolerant wife Hampton Roads, VA USA Gone but not forgotten: '67 250S 95K '86 300SDL '87 300D Turbo, 364K! R.I.P. '98 E300 Turbodiesel, 213K '02 S420, 164K '01 Prius 138K |
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Above the large horizontal panel there is a smaller panel with six or eight screws. Remove that one.
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Thanks, Matt. I'll give it a try later. Right now I have to drive about two hours with it. Hope the blower works!
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Muleears '07 E320 Bluetec 133K my DD '04 Jaguar XJ8 VDP, 34K '10 Hyundai Accent 60K Grocery Getter '02 VW Golf soon to be on the road again '97 E300 Diesel Son's DD '61 VERY tolerant wife Hampton Roads, VA USA Gone but not forgotten: '67 250S 95K '86 300SDL '87 300D Turbo, 364K! R.I.P. '98 E300 Turbodiesel, 213K '02 S420, 164K '01 Prius 138K |
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My dealership records give the work that was performed to find the defect. Sorry your dealer was not as good.
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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let me phrase it this way, i think the dealer records are brief for a reason so you cant do the work yourself. The dealersjip happens to be pretty good actually they just dont want some clown who works in the backyard to take money away from them. Techs at dealers arent allowed to given anyone who walks up to them at the dealership or calls them while they are there asking for information on fixing the car. With the complexity of todays cars this issue isnt a big issue as it is with the older cars. A lot of luxury car makers such Mercedes,bmw, lexus and others do this.
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You'll usually pay a fee, maybe an hour's labor for an easy job like this for the diagnosis and frankly they deserve it but then you are free to do the work yourself based upon what they have proposed to replace. On the receipt it will even summarize the diagnosis and estimate costs and say "customer declined". Some dealers don't even charge for estimates but I think if they know you do work yourself most will, and should. Every work order I have seen from my dealer is pretty clear as to what was being fixed and what parts were needed. It would say something like "customer complains of vibration at highway speeds" and then "replace Lower Control Arm Bushings, test drive", then is lists the PN's for the bushings and, while labor isn't broken out to a particular job it is separate from the parts costs...there is no mystery here.
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Anyone can buy the 210 service dvd, bring their car in for diagnosis, do the repair themselves but they will never know why it was causing it, if its a common issue on a particular chassis unless they have an automotive background. Most people who bring thier cars to the dealer dont know anything about cars, dont care to know about them and pay the dealer to fix it. Also the service dvds dont include everything. So the dealer got you over the barrell one way or another especially with the new cars of today where 90% of the work is done with a expensive scan tool.
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Word on the street is that the 210 FSM DVD is NLA.
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When mine quit, the brushes went first, and then the regulator died. If running over railroad tracks or slapping the plastic cover under the glove box makes the fan start, your brushes are probably about shot, and there is a lot of old brush debris on your commutator. I would limit use of the fan until the brushes can be replaced to avoid frying the regulator. I got my brushes from George Murphy of Performance Analysis, (865)482-9175.
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Is this the star service DVD? That has the step-by-step troubleshooting and repairs? IGM. Wonder if it's possible to burn a copy? I might have to give that a try some time...
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If anyone needs a W210 blower motor, I have one listed for sale in the parts section for $40. It's tested and works fine.
From a 1997.
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That's the one. It is copy-protected.
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What??
What do you mean by NLA?? I am thinking of buying the Star DVD, as I spend hours on all the user groups looking for things (wife is going to kill me). It is pretty Exp though. Does it give good blow by blow instructions??? Is it the best of whats out there? I am currently using Alldata which is good value for 25 or so bucks.
But I find the instructions few and far between, and not concise. So, far the two DIY's on the web for me have been the Blower regulator replacement. IT got mine out of the slow speed, and it took me 45 minutes in total to do the job. The other one was my tranny fluid change I did the other day. Thanks everyone who puts the time into these things. Oh, I almost forgot, the adaptive tranny reset was perfect. Bill |
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