[V8] Blower motor

[cobram at juno.com]

Something I don't miss since I've mothballed the Audi fleet. 
Coincidentally, I'm replacing the blower motor on my 1987 Mercyless Benz 
300TD.  
First time it's being changed, the one in the car was factory installed, 
27 plus years, so they do seem to last in some teutonic beasts.  ;-)

>From my email archive:

*****
"... I've never needed to pull the hood on any of the T44s I've done
either
... perhaps the manual calls for it because they use the same tool that
is
used to lift the front of the engine for a tranny pull to lift the blower
box out ...
 
I thought I mentioned this here recently ... the *best* trick for
reassembling the box IMO is Tony Lum's idea of inserting soda straws on
the
vane pivot pins and inserting the straws into the appropriate holes in
the
blower box shell as you are sliding it back together.  Actually, I
suppose
THE best trick would be to have the Audi tool which holds the vanes in
place
...
 
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)"
*****

BCNU,
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

Dave Saad <dsaadme at me.com> writes:
> When you put the heater box back together you need to hold some flaps 
> in place. The straws do that. 
> It becomes obvious when all the parts are on the floor... I don't 
> remember any other details now. I guess the memory banks are 
> flushing out now that I am an allroad owner...
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Sep 2, 2015, at 11:38 AM, "toml99 at todomundo.com" 
> <toml99 at todomundo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Soda straws?....can't leave me hanging with that.....
> > _______________________________________________