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A question....
Another good job, Russell!
My 300DT (1985 California version) has a metal plate mounted on the rear of the alternator. My alternator has longer studs than the one in your pictorial and the plate mounts to them. It looks it a fairly easy task to remove (hopefully the topmost nut won't be unreachable!) but obviously must be removed before the regulator assembly will come out.
Is this another unique "feature" of the 1985s or did other years have it too? None of the alternator pictures that I've seen posted here have this plate. What is its purpose? Some kind of shield, I suppose, but against what? DIY regulator removal?  
Jeremy
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