That's my dream

Tyvm I appreciate that brother

Yeah they don't do that anymore I think.

Good afternoon sir: Yes there are 2 batteries for the E500, S500, & the S 600. The main battery is in the trunk ( large ) & there is a small battery mounted on the p/s firewall. The small battery is for an emergency voltage supply for the electric brakes. Usually the small battery goes dead cause most mechanics ignore any maintenance or testing thereby a light comes on in the dash cluster & tells you that you are in deep S it. TMP from N.J.

Particularly when the owner isn't a mechanic.

Now I know where to go if I need help

Seriously if I can help you out with anything let me know, I love your content, I know your at a crossroads right now with your big career decisions but if it was me I’d jump on that independent shop your bud picked up opportunity, I was in a similar spot 8 years ago and went with a smaller independent shop that felt like a real gamble, ended up being one of the best decisions I’ve made

Ok

Tyvm

I knew it was a 5.0 or a 4.6 I just wasn't sure

@@FordBossMe Too much ford on your mind haha

@@Motorsportsgeek lol

So what you need to do is you need to open your doors that you're going to have open that you're going to be working in but then you're going to want to take a screwdriver and close all your latches so it thinks that the doors are closed but on the 2003 Mercedes-Benz on this one it has a actually push button for the light so you put a little clamp over the button and secure it into the closed position and open the trunk and close the latch on the trunk while it's open so it thinks that the trunk is still closed then remove your negative cable from the battery put your meter and your amp draw a setting but one side to the cable and one side to the Post and then wait about 20 to 30 minutes so all the modules shut down and when you see your amp reading you shouldn't be anything more than .050 amps theoretically we don't want any more than 0.030 amps Once you have given about a half hour time for all the modules to go to sleep you start pulling one fuse at a time and checking your meter to see where your amp draw stops or drops down

@@FordBossMe thank you good sir! Electrical is a nightmare for me.

I mean that's what we do here

I've got this exact same vehicle, 2003 Mercedes E500, it's a 5.0L engine. I as well dealt with this parasitic drain problem for a year and a half (also being my daily) and went to the extremes of making a "kill switch" for the negative terminal of the main battery since I had gone through 3 batteries already. I did all the same diagnostics as he did in the video with no luck. What my drain was actually coming from was the 039 fuse I believe, next to steering column which is the "lower control unit / Switch off relay". Ended up realizing that these models and year range create parasitic drains due to "short circuits to ground" over time. Only realized this because the extensive research I've done with others having same problems but a lot of them coming from other electrical areas. Wasn't ever consistent with cause. It's really nice though too be able to use the vehicle the way it was intended instead of constantly killing the battery every time I got out of the vehicle lol.

I hope so

3 - 4 years

I have a video in the library on an escape I had that does that

This is not easy to explain in a text so I'm going to do it one time and then I'm moving on You remove the negative cable from the battery and you take your meter and you put it over in your amp selection like on 20 or 40 whatever your meter is and then you hook your positive lead up to the negative cable the part you disconnected and you hook the positive lead up to the battery post and you'll start getting an amp reading it should be less than .5 ideal less than .3

@@FordBossMe thank you very much for taking the time to explain it to me!! I think I’ll figure it out with the info you gave me. Again thank you!!

Tyvm feel free to give tips

There was no SRS light on

@@FordBossMe Merc would not give a permission door control module could be connected to that module one can confirm y looking at the wiring diagram and fusebox diagram. I am not saying it is %100 safe but checking the All data wiring diagrams may help on this issue. Telematics module are connected to SRS and emergency module that one I know.

Tyvm

Thank you! Cheers!

Tyvm

I have not helped him completely go through the inventory and if I find something I will let you guys know

You guys have any body panels I need bedsides and outer wheel wells

Calm down fella calm the f*** down I'm newer to European stuff so I made a mistake sue me or get over it and keep watching the videos I can diagnose them but I don't know everything about European cars I'm newer to them but I am one of the only ones in the area that can fix them It's all based on Theory and operation and I have the smarts to get it done and I do it but I don't know everything about the history with European cars I just fix them actually I run the company because I own it but I just fix them

Look through the comments I know

@@FordBossMe Sorry I didn't see all the comments. I still own a M113 e50 powered Benz. I also own a Ford Ranger as well.

It's been said multiple times to me already just look through the comments

I don't know nothing about that situation with them

We know buddy it's been fixed many times in the comment section if you look

Hiya

I'm trying this out for a little bit while I'm at workman's comp as volunteering my time not getting paid for it to see if I like it and I'll let everybody know whenever the time is right I'm still at the Ford dealer but I'm not at the Ford dealer

@@FordBossMe where are you going to work and getting paid

No. Them things are for sale here with 500.000km on them often old used Cabs. The diesel engines Mercedes also put in these things last forever. 5G Geartronic also lasts forever. They even had special order versions with reduced hp output for better fuel economy and even less wear on components. An older well maintained Diesel Benz that's NOT rusting will outlast most modern junk.

The E and S series are great cars, but being 20yrs old and with the Chicago salt it is only a matter of time before this hits the junkyard. -If you don't run them in Winter and don't put a ton of miles on them they are great cars. Also new cars/trucks are $50k+ which this car was just under when new. $1k-$2k is not too bad for service per year, plus if someone steals your 20yr+ car (Chicago) you don't feel so bad.

Old bentz still 10times better to drive and better made than American shit today.

The E class of this vintage wasn't the best but the facelift version rectified a lot of the earlier issues.

The 2003 E320 has a bullet-proof engine. I've dealt with multiple foreign car mechanics who say the same thing about it. Great car with a fantastic ride. Also has beautiful styling. You can get 200K easy if you maintain it. The newer Mercedes engines are junk. Made of plastic. Lucky to get 85K.

More to come!