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> From: Jim Adney > > I wrote: > > > So, now I have a brand new Mexican Bosch replacement, P/N > > 9-190-040-099E. This was sold as a direct replacement for > > 113-903-803E, which was what I had before. > > Two things: > > 1) The construction is very different - it is all potted, > > and the rather frail > > looking wire wound resistor has gone, so I hope it will be > > more robust > > 2) It is a different shape, and the connectors are in > different places. > > I've been interested in these, but I'm disappointed to hear > that they didn't make the connectors on them compatable with > the older ones. I haven't actually ever had one of these in my > hands. > > > Has anyone else fitted one of these - if so, where ? It > > looks like the side of the body, just above the heater > > channel, will do. Any issues with mounting here? > > I'd be reluctant to mount it there. I think that screws in > that panel would pass out into the space under the fenders > and would therefore be "outside." I'd expect that to start > a rust problem. I forgot that the cavity behind the wing is outside. Bad idea. On closer inspection, and comparison with my "before" photo, I worked out that the guy who did my welding put the mounting holes in the new channel too close to the side. I'll just drill new holes. > How about a photo of the old and new VR side by side for comparison? http://vw1600e.org.uk/regulator.shtml > I just took another look at your photo and realized that it > shows an early 12V VR with the screw terminal for the D+ connector. > That style of 12V VR was only used in '68 and was replaced by one > which had spade connectors all around. The early style of VR has > not been available for decades. Hmm. The wiring to the reg looks unaltered. The previous one had the same connectors, and the replacement which just failed came off a 60,000 mile '72, so may well have been original. As you will see from the photo, the new one has a post and nut for D+, so no alterations were necessary. The worst problem is that B+ is now 2 side by side spades, which brings one very close to the side of the car. -- Matt. UK. '73 1600e Fbk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~