W124 blower motor differences

[Zulfiqar]

as we know there are 2 types of fan cages for cars with and without dust filters. Yes we know the fans are smaller.

The basic difference by eyeballing the motors on gsxr's website is that the later model blower motor has wiring pigtails to connect the wiring because the one fanwheel covers the area where the spade connectors are which the non-dust filter type larger fanwheel does not overlap.

Old style blower motors are available easily for about $100, but the later style are only available with fans and are about 300 or 400 bucks.

So would I be correct to assume that I can simply solder wires to the old style blower motor and install the fan wheels to make it a later style bosch blower setup with pigtail wiring connectors

Anyone willing to measure the dimensions of their motors.

old style part no. 0130111012
new style part no. 0130111034

both look exactly the same in pictures, except the old one has spade connectors for hooking up the wiring, while the new one has wires soldered to the same points and then routed under a clip to exit from the centre with spade connectors.

Im posting this because even after oiling the bushes with ATF the blower motor's side bushes wore out and the motor is floppy, noisy and lazy too.