[s500lang]

Hello,

I am in progress to check the alternators brushes and since i dont have the proper tools for removal of the fan, I wonder if it is possible to remove the air pump bracket instead? As you know there is not much space for this operation.

Thanks in advance.

JH

 

[s500lang]

Voltage regulator replaced but...

Yes it is possible to remove the alternator after removing the air pump bracket. I did it this weekend. The fan can stay in place. I had 3 mm left of the brushing on the car with 250 000 km on it.

I also tried to change my low tone horn but this was not a success. The old horn was rusted out and fell apart when I poked it. It was 405 hz Fiamm. I bought a new one from MB and it was 420 hz Bosch and also had a different cable connection. Same part number though. This did not matter since the old connections were corroded and could not be taken apart. I cut the wire to the horn and peeled off the insulation.

To my surprise I discovered that it actually had three cables going in to that horn. I figured that it was an additional one for heavy current. The connection could only take one single cable so I left one unconnected. I should not have done that, because none of the horn works after this. Probably they are in parallel. Well I have to look at it next weekend and solder it together.

Best regards

JH