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Title: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breakers?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 January 2007, 17:03:55

Spent some of the day trying to sort out the blower fan prob and rear light cluster

Im pretty certain its the blower fan itself....unplugged a 3 pin connector going to speed controller on it....and measured 12v between 0v wire and 12v wire....and got increments of between 0v and 6v on the other wire when i pressed the up speed button on the climate panel.

Removed the fan and took the speed controller off and stuck 12v across the fan terminals....zilch!
Measured the resistance of the motor.....and it reads very high in the Mohms.....so conclusion....fubared motor.

Cheapest quote ive managed to get for a 2nd hand motor so far is £68  :(

Moving on to the rear light cluster.....i just cannot find one of these second hand.....plenty of saloon ones about on ebay but no estate ones  :(

Cheapest new ive come across is about £110  :o

SO waz wondering if anyones seen one in a scrappy??

Cheers

PS does anyone know if a broken rear light cluster.....altho it doesnt show white light.....as the bit that broken is the indicator part and its got an orange bulb fitted......is an MOT failure???
Its MOT runs out in 3 days!

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: hotel21 on 13 January 2007, 17:42:47

Cant help with the scrappy, I'm afraid.

As for the MOT failure, as long as theres no white light to the rear, should be fine and dandy.  Make sure the reflector is complete and the correct size, in case your tester is picky!  Outside problem may be if theres a sharp corner, but shouldn't think that will affect it much.

B

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 January 2007, 18:08:41

Cheers B  :y

I wasnt sure.....i'll get it booked in for an MOT....with broken light lense.

Let you know what the MOT blokey makes of it  :y

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: Martin_1962 on 13 January 2007, 20:56:48

Try Twigworth Breakers near Gloucester - phone them up they have all sorts of stuff

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: Chopsdad on 13 January 2007, 21:09:36

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Cheers B  :y

I wasnt sure.....i'll get it booked in for an MOT....with broken light lense.

Let you know what the MOT blokey makes of it  :y

PM Familyman - I'm sure he's an MOT tester

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 January 2007, 21:33:34

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Try Twigworth Breakers near Gloucester - phone them up they have all sorts of stuff

Cheers Martin  :y Do you have a phone number for them?

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 January 2007, 21:34:41

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Cheers B  :y

I wasnt sure.....i'll get it booked in for an MOT....with broken light lense.

Let you know what the MOT blokey makes of it  :y

PM Familyman - I'm sure he's an MOT tester

I think you are right... cheers  :y

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: Omegatoy on 13 January 2007, 21:36:26

you can buy repair kits for the rear lights its just a bit of amber or red coloured reflector plastic that you stick over hte hole crack etc often unless your looking really hard you cant see it !! think halfords do them as do good accessory shops!!
Omegatoy

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: Martin_1962 on 14 January 2007, 09:52:59

http://www.twigworthbreakers.com/HTML/main.htm

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 14 January 2007, 13:12:40

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you can buy repair kits for the rear lights its just a bit of amber or red coloured reflector plastic that you stick over hte hole crack etc often unless your looking really hard you cant see it !! think halfords do them as do good accessory shops!!
Omegatoy

Its a big bit missing! Catches the indicator bit and all around the side is missing  :(

Title: Re: Anybody seen a Merc C class estate in a breake
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 14 January 2007, 13:13:18

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http://www.twigworthbreakers.com/HTML/main.htm

Thankyou  :y