My blower motor has given up - not nice as I drove from Hampshire to Essex to Birmingham to Cardiff and back home to Hampshire on the Monday to Wednesday last week in 34 degrees of heat - which for a Brit is fairly bloody hot!
Have removed the motor - local garage reckon its that and probably not the regulator.
From Mercedes the motor is £223 + VAT at 20% - the regulator is £241+VAT - so horribly expensive.
The risk is that I pick the wrong part to replace.
It seems that the UK is doomed as we have a unique fan that you can only get from Mercedes - whereas our cousins and the Euro's can get one for about £90.
I found a regulator from China that seems to fit the bill, just wondering whether anyone has tried them.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New...0-E320-ML320-C230-CL600-S430/32719781872.html
I have found a blower motor from a Merc dealer via Ebay at £244 inclusive of VAT and with free shipping - the spindle on the old one has loads of play.
Tax wise I did 450 miles and can claim that at 45p a mile so I get £200 in expenses tax free - so I may just buy the motor and if it is the regulator buy a cheap one.
Views?
Have removed the motor - local garage reckon its that and probably not the regulator.
From Mercedes the motor is £223 + VAT at 20% - the regulator is £241+VAT - so horribly expensive.
The risk is that I pick the wrong part to replace.
It seems that the UK is doomed as we have a unique fan that you can only get from Mercedes - whereas our cousins and the Euro's can get one for about £90.
I found a regulator from China that seems to fit the bill, just wondering whether anyone has tried them.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New...0-E320-ML320-C230-CL600-S430/32719781872.html
I have found a blower motor from a Merc dealer via Ebay at £244 inclusive of VAT and with free shipping - the spindle on the old one has loads of play.
Tax wise I did 450 miles and can claim that at 45p a mile so I get £200 in expenses tax free - so I may just buy the motor and if it is the regulator buy a cheap one.
Views?