My little Travato battery project
The chassis battery is pretty huge on this van. It's under an access panel below the driver's feet. It's a pain to remove this panel and get to it. The battery looks like one you'd have on a diesel ...
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Didn't take any of the side panels off. Shoved the wire in behind the edges after slightly prying it up with fingers.
Of course you have to drill a hole for the wire to pass through the upper cabinet.
Those BT extension cables are plenty long. I only had to use one of them between the battery end and the BT itself, and still had slack. It's nice that they are already made up with polarity specific ends.
Used zip ties to keep things together in the cabinet, and I don't know what Winnie uses for upper cabinet liner at the top rear in the Travato, but if it's a light colored "hairy" cloth like the ERA has, the male side of velcro will stick to it. That's what I've got holding the wiring harness in place in the cabinet.
The wire comes up from below to the point where the cabinets meet the back of the cab behind the Chrysler installed trim panels. I would not remove any of those if at all possible. They break real easy. I didn't have to remove any Mercedes installed trim as it was real flexible and easy to get my fingers under the edge
Of course you have to drill a hole for the wire to pass through the upper cabinet.
Those BT extension cables are plenty long. I only had to use one of them between the battery end and the BT itself, and still had slack. It's nice that they are already made up with polarity specific ends.
Used zip ties to keep things together in the cabinet, and I don't know what Winnie uses for upper cabinet liner at the top rear in the Travato, but if it's a light colored "hairy" cloth like the ERA has, the male side of velcro will stick to it. That's what I've got holding the wiring harness in place in the cabinet.
The wire comes up from below to the point where the cabinets meet the back of the cab behind the Chrysler installed trim panels. I would not remove any of those if at all possible. They break real easy. I didn't have to remove any Mercedes installed trim as it was real flexible and easy to get my fingers under the edge
