I think it was Sixto who told me that the two-piece fan shroud is from a later model W124. The '87s had a one-piece shroud that makes removal a pit, you have to remove shroud and fan together. Maybe John could find a two-piece shroud in a junkyard. I have one in my '87, added by a PO, makes work in front so much easier.

Jeremy

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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
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"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
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