Check with program tester - see page 11-00/6.
If a program tester is not available:
A) Battery voltage is correct
Connect voltmeter to D + and ground.
At 2000 rpm reading must be 13.5 - 14.6 V.
Regulator is defective when reading is 14.6 V or more.

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B) Remove voltage regulator and install a carbon brush holder,
Bosch No. 1 194 336 006.
Connect D + to DF.
Connect test lamp to battery + and jump cable from D + to DF.
1. The alternator is good when lamp is bright with engine off and off
with engine running.
2. The stator winding or diodes are defective if indicator lamp burns.

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The voltage regulator can only be replaced together with
the carbon brush holder.
Remove voltage regulator.

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