Hi, does anyone have the correct Bosch part number for this? I've not had any trouble from mine yet (touch wood), but at 207k I'd like to keep a spare... cheers.

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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"music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys

No idea but if you have the spare in hand I would just replace it and be safe. Granted a diesel can still run without one but you won't be able to restart the car after you shut it down(Ask me how I know )

When mine went I noticed that the dash warning lights would start glow very while I was idling at a light. It could really only be seen at night....

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Regulator 002 154 72 06

Fulcrum is right. Get a new regulator. You can get them here. Click "Buy Parts" at screen top, supports forum.

Remove old regulator, keep as spare. This teaches you how and lets you do the job under controlled conditions instead of having to learn the hard way, on a dark and stormy night. It also means you have a new regulator in the alternator that will be good for many years.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

I actually tried looking reverse searching the part on Fastlane it didn't come up.... Just to make sure is the Euro regulator the same as the US ones?

I was lucky, mine couldn't have gone out on a nicer day
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=266017
It could have easily been raining and miserable out though....

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

cheers, I'll have to phone up the dealership or bosch agent and find out for sure I guess. There are a couple of big parts suppliers here in the uk I usually use but strangely they don't carry them. I was going to check the regulator the other day but my alternator has the plastic cover at the back, which you can't get off all the way 'cause the heat exchanger pipes are helpfully in the way. So the whole alternator has to come off to check/replace the regulator.

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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"music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys