The fan on my 1991 194L works fine, except that it squeeks, especially on the #2 speed. Somehow, #2 seems to hit its resonant frequency.
Can the motor be accessed in any way for lubrication?
My suspicion is that the motor is pretty much buried (I have done the "pull back the dash to replace the steppers" thing, and wouldn't do it again if someone told me there was a million dollars tucked behind there!).
I did searth the archives for "fan, squeeking", and came up with a post by Alfa Corse, dated Nov, 2003, where he wrote "you can get to it (the fan motor) from behind the engine (under the hood), but it's a real pain to remove/install. You have to pull out the firewall section at the top and then either carefully move the A/C lines or remove them (i.e. re-charge the Freon) to get room to pull the fan box out. It's not easy; but it can be done".
Does the collective wisdom of the BB agree? Alfa Corse was writing about REMOVING the fan assembly - can it be accessed for lubrication more easily?
Or, should I just crank up the radio?
Can the motor be accessed in any way for lubrication?
My suspicion is that the motor is pretty much buried (I have done the "pull back the dash to replace the steppers" thing, and wouldn't do it again if someone told me there was a million dollars tucked behind there!).
I did searth the archives for "fan, squeeking", and came up with a post by Alfa Corse, dated Nov, 2003, where he wrote "you can get to it (the fan motor) from behind the engine (under the hood), but it's a real pain to remove/install. You have to pull out the firewall section at the top and then either carefully move the A/C lines or remove them (i.e. re-charge the Freon) to get room to pull the fan box out. It's not easy; but it can be done".
Does the collective wisdom of the BB agree? Alfa Corse was writing about REMOVING the fan assembly - can it be accessed for lubrication more easily?
Or, should I just crank up the radio?