Sholin,

On your 117, you can roll it over without having to remove anything. BUT, it is a tight fit. 27mm socket on a short extension, work it in near the A/C compressor as there is a small recess in the shroud and the shroud will flex a little. Might need to turn the fan a tad for extra clearance, since the blades are unevenly spaced. Again it's a tight squeeze, but once the socket and shorty extension are in place (and you have to do this by feel), come in with a breaker bar, pull the drive all the way down, perpendicular to the bar and set it in the extension. You can get almost 45 degree rotation, but have to repeat the process to get any more.

All of this is done from beneath the car.

I think the damper ring on the crank pully is a combination of aluminum and hard rubber, someone will correct me if wrong, but I wouldn't push/pull/pry on that ring.

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Mike Tangas
'73 280SEL 4.5 (9/72)- RIP
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'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

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