installing blower 450slc from a 380sl

[hancitomarinela]

I just got this blower from a junk yard from a 380sl I just wonder if this will work in my 450slc since the connection from the 380sl are different from mine my blower as 7 pin connection thanks for any help

[Strife]

I haven't done this, but I've looked into it; to the best of my knowledge, the cable/plug assembly winds up as two wires to the motor, and these can be desoldered from the bad motorand resoldered to the new motor.

It is possible to remove the motor from the housing to expose these connections (the housing is held together with clips); but be VERY careful because the clips are old, probably rusty, and the plastic is very brittle. DO NOT LOSE THE CLIPS and observe how the wires are routed.

Hooking up the wires "backwards" won't destroy anything but the motor will run BACKWARDS and won't do it's job. It should be possible to identify the "ground" wire by looking at the wiring diagrams on the CD. It might be possible to identify the correct wiring by observing the colors.

[meltedpanda]

Strife is correct, this can be retrofitted. Do some bench testing first, make sure it runs, brushes good ect. Brown is ground on MB's
You certainly can determine rotation (+/-) orientation on bench as well

Strife - good seeing you this weekend, great show, I would have loved to take that gullwing home !!