This thread led me to check my fans, since last week I noticed that my temp was rising toward the top of the scale at idle.
I found the right fan rotated freely but the driver was bound up. I removed the grill piece and rotated the motor side and it freed up. Apparently some trash had caused it to stick.
Next question is to see if it operates normally now or if I blew a fuse with the increased load.
Thanks for the heads up .

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Jeff

97 E320, ours 217,000miles
91 190E 2.6 daily driver 242,000miles
74 MGB,mine 120,000?
2006 BE350/Proline 21, 50 hours