Battery cable........

[Hedgehopper]

I'm fitting a battery master switch to a '97 500 and finding somewhere to put it out of the way of the passenger's feet is more difficult than I expected. Can anyone tell me whether the negative cable from the battery runs along behind the carpet to the chassis earth bolt on top of the tunnel beside the passenger door handle, or does it go through the side of the tunnel into the engine bay?

Any help will be appreciated.

[chrispitman]

On the chimera it goes under the side of the dash to a bolt through the body to the chassis.

[Barreti]

Same on the Griff. In fact you can probably feel the cable running under the carpet high on the left side of the transmission tunnel. The bolt to the chassis is only a couple of inches back from the front edge of the left side of the centre console whale tail.

[Hedgehopper]

Thanks for the advice on that. I was planning to re-route the cable to the back of the glovebox area and fix the master switch to the fibreglass lip to the right of the glovebox catch, and then run a new cable back to the battery.

[Barreti]

Is this for security or to protect the battery?

If its the latter you might be better looking for something specifically for the job, there is one gadget which disconnects the battery if it gets to a certain level.

[Hedgehopper]

I was really just doing it for the convenience of being able to disconnect the battery when working on the vehicle. Have had a problem in the past with the immobiliser and found that briefly disconnecting the battery has cured it, however this is not so easy away from home and with no tools on board. Also, to be honest, I enjoy 'fiddling' as much as I do driving it!