The accumulators, rear "air cells", are a piece of cake. Should only take about an hour and a hald working slow. Lower ball joints require the Mercedes specific press, although some have reported success using a gernic type. When you see the angle the joints set at you'll see why the MB specific press. In fact, when I rebuilt my front suspension the job of pressing in the new ball joints was the only job I farmed out. Took the steering knuckle to the indy shop with my new joints and paid an hours labor to have them pressed in.

The blower could very well be the fuse. Fuse my be bad but look good, or the fuse may be good but the fuse box burned (common problem). There is a MB authorized fix which involves installing a remote 30 amp fuse. Very easy job and the remote fuse unit costs about $35.00. Only took me about 15 minutes to install in the dark.

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Mike Tangas
'73 280SEL 4.5 (9/72)- RIP
Only 8,173 units built from 5/71 thru 11/72

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