He had some blower replacement pictures.

Also looking. I need to do that job next week on my car.

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This link appears to work.

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http://www.serenitysys.com/MB/Service_Info/W124%20Blower%20Motor/

Troy
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Good work finding it. When I click on the pictures to make them bigger I get a "not found" notice. Is there a way to do it or just use a magnifying glass? Thanks

I sent Jay an email to see if he still has the step by step instructions for replacing the blower motor. Hopefully he will send me the link, and if he does, I'll post it. I know there are quite a few people out there including me that would love the instructions and pictures.

http://mb.braingears.com/124_DISC1/Program/Climate/83-556.pdf



http://mb.braingears.com/124_DISC2/Program/Chassis/82-0680.pdf


http://wagoneers.com/DieselBenz/TECH/MISC-INFO/124-series/W124/Index/Misc.htm

Here is the process that I followed since I could not find the instructions on the CD. Note all fastener lengths and locations, they are all different.
1. Remove the arm cover and hex screw from the wiper arm
2. Remove the two rubber strips from each side of the lower windshield by pulling them straight out.
3. Pull off the rubber weather-stripping that runs right across the inner firewall area.
4. Remove the top outer left and right plastic covers. Each are held in place in with two Philips head screws and are also joined to the top inner two covers with white plastic clips. Pull slowly to remove these fragile clips, ask me how I know. Remove the inner four Philips screws holding the inner top two covers down.
5. Remove the 4 screws holding the C shaped rubber grommet which is below the wiper arm mechanism
6. Pull off the engine side firewall weather-stripping.
7. Just below the weather-stripping there are 4 plastic fasteners which hold the sound insulation to the firewall, the inner two have a flower shape while the outer two are flat with two little holes. All four need to be loosened, the outer two will come right off.
8. After step 7 you can pull the insulation forward slightly and find two Phillips screws which hold the center plastic housing down. Remove these two screws.
9. Remove the upper left in right inner plastic covers.
10. The center grate cover should now come straight out.
11. The wiper assy has four 10mm nuts holding it in place, two are on the far right, and one each under the rotating center piece. Remove these nuts carefully and make sure you don't drop them like I did as they can fall into the center black hole which is not accessible. (MIA one hex screw.) I found a similar one holding the A/C pipe on the left side of the inner firewall near the fuse box which I used to replace the lost nut
12. Move the wiper assy to the right, It is not necessary to disconnect the power cable.
13. Remove the outside temp sensor from the blower motor cover.
14. Pry loose with fingers the blower motor harness on the left of the housing.
15. Unclip the 6-8 metal fasteners holding the blower motor cover down, a couple may require a small screw driver, but be careful again. Remove the cover.
16. Unplug the motor, and release the hold down strap using a pointed tool.
17. Oil bearings with ATF. Check brushes.
As in Haynes (reassemble in reverse of above.)

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Here is the link with step by step instructions to replace the blower Motor on W124.

Thanks to Jay for putting this back up. I emailed him and he said he would do it. I know this helped me a lot, I just recently fixed my blower motor with these instructions.

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http://www.scansync.com/w124/index.htm

Brent

Can someone find these photos, cached or otherwise, and post them permanently here?

If anyone's interested, e-mail me, I'll write up some instructions on how to take the blower motor out. I'm trying to do my part to be a good forum citizen and helping others. Since it's been 6 weeks ago, they might not be complete, one of my pet peeves. Had I known about the forum at the time, I would have made instructions right away while fresh in my mind. E-mail me at jeffbach36@hotmail.com

Been awhile since I posted. I finally changed the blower motor out late 2004. I bought the whole thing brand new OE in box w/ cages on eBay for about $140. It has worked flawlessly since then. However, I heard a faint whinning sound from time to time this past Spring. It is gone now. What I think it was is: When I R&R the motor, I noticed cracks and insulation coming lose on the firewall inside the motor housing where it draws the outside air in. I put duct tape on it to "seal up the cracks and exposed insulation" at the time.

It's a weird kind of backing Mercedes uses in there. The duct tape didn't want to stick to it very good, but I thought it would stay in place anyhow. Apparently I was wrong. I am now sure the whinning I heard was a piece of that duct tape that probably came lose and was rubbing against the squirrel cages. It has probably rubbed down the duct tape to a point it no longer makes the noise, but be careful you don't make the same mistake by taping in there if you see similar exposed insulation wear after you get it all apart.

Kip
1988 300E
2003 S500

www.slabotsky.com/w124

thats the new link by the way he is not on that site anymore he already sold the car

I have included both JSlabotsky's original DIY and jbach36's recent DIY in the Wiki HERE.

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Here's the link......works perfectly !!
http://www.peachparts.com/Wikka/W124BlowerMotor

http://www.peachparts.com/Wikka/W124BlowerMotor
Great photos.....
Pete G

this was a great write-up, thank you so much for sharing this. I was being quoted 7 hours of labour by a professional MB dealership ($85/hr)! I was able to get this done just by following the wiki instructions in less than 4.5 hrs (took my time too). Things came out exactly as described!

BTW - I actually ended up lubricating mine with some generic grease and it's been about a month now and the squeak is starting to come back ever so slightly.

I'm probably getting a new blower motor assembly for $380 but wanted to ask first.. is there any particular grease anyone could recommend or is the grease not my issue?

Thanks again.