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And now, annoyingly it’s working fine again using the remote… grrr.

Hi, I’d hoped to be on here today posting about how I finally understood and solved an EAS problem which I will do, however, while flushed with the success of that, my 2003 L322 decided to ‘reward’ me for being so smug. In the way into work, and in need of some fuel, I’d stopped for a quick...

It’s still on the charger for now but reading a healthier 14V. In fact even after running for 10 mins yesterday it had recovered back to 12.9V. Will give it a good blast then unplug and monitor overnight whilst attempting to re-do the bonnet latches and cables. -have a new first length which I...

Success ! I removed the grille -and found that someone had been in there before. The cable I was dreading fishing out was looped out of the secondary retaining latch. A gentle tug and up the bonnet sprang. Battery measuring a dismal 1.5V but the Noco got her going first go. Engine sounds...

Ok. So I squirmed into the boot in the freezing cold last night. The Noco has done hee-haw -likely due to the number of things you’ve all already observed. My fusebox doesn’t have the point Kermit suggested, or, rather, there’s a box for trailer wiring there. I tried to measure the voltage...

I’ll clamber in and have another look. The garage basically said that may be screwed and that getting the bonnet open could be a major performance. I’m wondering whether I just try and cut through the retaining bolt thing and replace it

Ok, so I’ve now got my fully-charged NOCO HD (2000A) attached via the rear fusebox. I’ve used one of the stainless luggage tie downs as an Earth but I’m not sure if that’s good or not ? -I figured it should be fairly structural and I couldn’t find anything else obvious in the vicinity I kinda...

my flipping multimeter is 50 miles away, will Need to get it later on. One thing that I was able to do was squirrel into the back (all doors are super locked) and access the fuse box so I can get to that +ve, where would be a good place to Get an earth ? I also recovered my Noco lithium jump...

That would make a lot of sense. I have a horrible feeling that that’s gonna be the case. Will check for continuity but if it is an Earth strap (very flat cable) I’m back to square 1. And, to make matters worse, I’ve just hit a deer in my daily Audi and it’s gonna be off the road for a wee...

I thought that too, but why the heavy-duty connector on the side ?

Ok, so the terminal I can access is the one in the side the others are inaccessible towards the front of the vehicle.

Bugger… it looks like the terminal I can actually reach (on the side) might be the heavy duty negative. I’ll need to look in Rave

Ah ok, that makes more sense ! I’ve a 16mm cable terminated in a slim croc clip which can just get to the terminal on the side of the starter. (Which is a denso unit E2718P) Will need to check if that is the permanent 12V or the feed from the solenoid !

Finally managed to make a special cable with a slim croc clip which will attach to the starter motor terminal and was all set to hook that up but I suddenly had a pertinent thought: Won’t connecting the juice to this terminal cause the motor to spark up and turn ? -or will it still require...

I think that’s the ‘middle way’

Thanks, That’s all very sensible. I don’t need it as a daily, my aging Audi does that for me and at 18mpg the L322 is expensive to run. I need to factor in that it’s costing me around another £100 per month in road tax and insurance too. I suspect that once the bonnet catch is fixed, she’s...

Hi, I acquired a 2003 4.4l (BMW) L322 last year as a runaround while my daily (Audi) was off the road. I have grown quite attached to the car as, annoyingly, she’s in great nick inside and all the toys work ! There’s a bit of rust in the underside (mostly Surface) and a wee bit of panel...

A wee update. I Can get to the starter motor from underneath and I can likely get a cable onto the 12V supply. Assuming I can find a suitable non oily / non rusty earth nearby and given that the supply to motor seems quite robust, would it be possible to jump start the car from there ? I...

So I’ve just been to the breakers yard to get some bits and pieces and I see where that cable is. There’s next to zero chance of being able to get to that without going in from underneath. I think I’m going to struggle with this one. I’m the plus side I did get a couple of decent bonnet...

Thanks for those, yeah, I’m already in at the cable release mechanism (which snapped in the cold this morning) tugging the cable isn’t doing any good at all and I’m worried the nipple is gonna fly off. Annoyingly I have a 7-Pin 12N socket rather than the 13-pin one so no 12V charging option...