Originally Posted by tjts1

Good luck. What model Benz are we talking about? I also have a 960 and installed 960 fans on a 190e 2.3, volvo 240 and BMW 318is. On my 92 190e 2.6, 87 300d and 97 e300d the space was too tight. Going from memory the Volvo 960 fan motor is over 5" deep, that's what makes it so powerful.

This one has been running on my 190e 2.3 for 9 years now.

Originally Posted by lsmalley

960 fan at 5" deep will not fit. The Spal fan I have measures at 2.48" deep and there is maybe 1-2 mm of space in between the fan and pulley. I even had slight scraping at one point and had to shift the fan over a bit to offset it's highest point.