Cars,79-300SD,83-300D. This might be a dumb question. I see Bosh regulator/brushes priced at about $45 & Germany brand name regulator/brushes priced at about $15. Is there a big difference in quality & durability between these two brand names?
Thanks, Lou

Lou

I have never bought a new one but I think allot of folks use the cheap ones. I just replace the brushs. That is I have a used one with replaced brushes on "stand by"

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

MY 83 300SD Bosch made in Germany regulator went out (brushes still looked new) I replaced it with a Bosch made in India regulator for $21.23 from a local import auto parts store. All the latest Bosch parts seem to come from India and I have not had any trouble. Give it a try

I think I'll get one of the cheap ones & try it out while I check out/rebuild the ones I'm running now. If the cheap one seems ok, I'll buy anther one and carry one in each car as spares. I bought these cars at a pretty low price. I've put a lot of hard miles on them thru some fairly remote areas. They both have about 330,000 miles on them. Other than oil changes & fuel, I've had to spend very little on repairs. They both have good power and get ok fuel milage according to what I see on this forum.

Thanks for the help, Lou