Mercedes Battery Screw On Cap

[rbouch8828]

I am looking for one of the screw on caps for my Mercedes A002541870126 Battery that somehow came off and was lost. If anyone has an old Mercedes battery with the screw on caps I would be happy to purchase one from you!

This photo is of the same battery in another car with all of its caps.

[Pawel66]

Perhaps unscrew another one, get it to 3D printer, scan it and print it...

[rbouch8828]

Certainly an idea. Except that I don’t have access to a 3D printer at present. Perhaps I could do some hunting around to find one. My move to the western suburbs has taken me further away from those resources.

[Merc_Girl]

3D printer drawings available on Technical Menu page. Down load and you can go to any 3D printer provider to manufacture, just Google 😁

[rbouch8828]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I’m really unsure of where you mean? I looked at the index and went to Electrical and Battery, but I didn’t see anything about 3D files at any of those.

Roland

[Jonny B]

If you go to the technical manual (you have access as a full member)

Scroll down the page until you get to the "Premium Content" link. Click that

In the list of topics that appears, there is link for "3D printed parts" click there, and you should see the graphic of the battery caps. Below that are the links for the various 3D files.

[rbouch8828]

Thanks

I went to that page, however, unfortunately it says that the threaded ones are not available at this time. I tried downloading the cap and it does not have the treaded section.

I guess I am still searching for a cap for my battery. If anyone has an old Mercedes A002541870126 battery with a cap available I'd be happy to buy the cap.

[mrfatboy]

The 3D battery caps files in the tech manual are not replacements for real battery caps for MB batteries. They are reproductions to simulate old time batteries.

BTW I need to add the threaded versions back in the TM now that Pawel has tested them😀👍

[rbouch8828]

My search is for screw in caps for the Mercedes A002541870126 Battery.

[Merc_Girl]

The 3D battery caps files in the tech manual are not replacements for real battery caps for MB batteries. They are reproductions to simulate old time batteries.

BTW I need to add the threaded versions back in the TM now that Pawel has tested them😀👍

So should we only put these on when the car is being ‘showed’?

Excuse my ignorance, by why can’t we use these everyday? Whilst there is obviously the acid, what plastic is the factory produced battery screw caps made of that you can’t have 3D printed?

Or is this simply a case of these hasn’t be tested to ‘government/safety regulations’ and as such shouldn’t be used as a “direct replacement’?

Thanks

[mrfatboy]

The battery caps in the TM were just a fun Covid project last year. They were meant to make modern batteries look vintage. Add the Bosch or Varta decal and it looks even better 👍

I believe there was an article about the caps in the last Pagoda World.

As to making a new 3D printed cap to replace the battery cap the OP is missing, it’s possible i guess. Probably not worth the effort. 🤷‍♂️

[Pawel66]

So should we only put these on when the car is being ‘showed’?

Excuse my ignorance, by why can’t we use these everyday? Whilst there is obviously the acid, what plastic is the factory produced battery screw caps made of that you can’t have 3D printed?

Or is this simply a case of these hasn’t be tested to ‘government/safety regulations’ and as such shouldn’t be used as a “direct replacement’?

Thanks

As mrfatboy said the purpose was to just imitate the looks of a Varta vintage screw cup. So to replace a real one there would be the shape question, thread size question and venting recreation question. A project on its own.

[OctoClassic Matt]

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