I do not envy you.  When I bought my Syncro the fan made a HORRIBLE racket.
 Yes you do have to remove the dash but that is the simple part!  Removing
the fan is the hard part.  Lots of hidden screws.  Look forward to a nice
long weekend to do this...

At 07:36 6/25/98 -0400, you wrote:
>My fresh air fan went (it's been squeaking, and now the fuse blows when I
>replace it and try to turn on the fan--I think the bearings just went).
>
>So it looks like I have to remove the dash to get the fan housing out?!
>Is this so? Is there any better way to do this?
>
>The housing is tack welded at 18 points--I see that from the Bentley.
>Interesting.
>
>--Dave
>
>

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