Where is the power point under the W202 bonnet?

[Shala]

i came back from a 9 week holiday to find my battery is dead. i cant open my boot to jump start as the key is different & boot opens from inside electronically so no good as no power. i opened the bonnet but couldn't a point to plug the connectors onto. can anyone help... or even show it on a photo??

thanks

Shala

 

[recycled]

in front of the ECU box on the passenger side. behingd the washer bottle
A little black box with a X on it like the scottish flag.

 

[Shala]

i found it. is it the one with 2 power wire going into it & a small screw for earth? i connected the cables onto it & no power went to my car.

I remember when I disconnected the battery & closed the boot only to realise the boot has different lock & I don't have the key's. an electrician plugged his booster to some points & got power to the car to open the boot again.

so why did it not work for me? is it because I got a dead battery connected?

 

[recycled]

only one wire is positive the big black one.. connect the negative to any point on the vehicle engine . it should give you enough power to open the boot or start the car

 

[Shala]

___________________________
| | _ | _ |
| * | |_| | |_| | <- box
| | ||| | ||| |
||| |||
earth - black wire - black wire



looks like the pic above, would this be the one? i'll have another go today to see if I can get it going or at least open the boot

is there any other way of getting the boot open?

Shala

 

[Shala]

great! the whole pic messed up

 

[Shala]

where's the best place to get the W202 battery from anyway. halfords quoted me £90

they quoted me £90 & its half the size of the battery thats in my car at the moment.

 

[recycled]

For a C180 should not be that big? better get it from bosch or MB.
Mine was £70 from mb

 

[Shala]

got it working!!!

got it working

thanks mate!!! i probably didnt earth it at the right place last time. started the car. drove round the block & locked it up on my drive with the engine running. you think it should be ok after I leave it running for half hour?

 

[BlackC55]

It is better to charge the battery properly as alternators are not that good at doing it.

 

[Shala]

borrowed an absaar battery charger & had it running 3 hours. thing is its an old school & the meter is still sitting @ the left side. dunno if its charging or not.

its an old version of the series A. here's a link of the charger.
http://www.absaar.com/battery_chargers/index.htm
I also dunno how long I should leave it charging for.

 

[Ian B Walker]

Bite the bullet mate. Buy a new battery. Usually cheaper at Mb Commercial rather than your local car Mb outlet.

 

[Shala]

Went & got a new batter from euro car parts. the Bosch S3. Paid £85.00. And that was for the long battery (halfords tried to sell a standard size one for £90.00)

I asked RSR on the way & they said they'll charge £120 + vat on top. I carried on driving to euro car parts.

One question though. whats better.. Varta or Bosch?

 

[vijilants]

The amazing thing about batteries nowadays is a lot of the time they tend to be cheaper from the Main dealer.

The other half's micra needed a battery and I got it from Nissan for half the price of anywhere else and that was witha 3 year warantee !!!!

 

[Shala]

how much is main dealer selling them for?

 

[BlackC55]

Around £120