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Electrical / Electrical Hardware / Battery / DA-RM-07M003-01-002 - Conversion - Generation 2 to Generation 3 battery
Preparation work
1.     
Care Point: Do the two sides.
2.     
3.     
4.     
Overview
1.  
In the procedure below a generation 3 battery will be installed.
 

2.  
The illustration shows the new components that you will install.
Section Number
Description
1
Battery
2
Battery clamp - Right
3
Pre Fuse Box
4
Generation 3 Local Interconnect Network (LIN) harness
5
Negative battery cable
 
Remove Generation 2 battery
1.   
Remove the bolt (1) (M8x20) 12.8 Nm.
 
2.   
Remove the battery negative cable (2). Discard the cable.
 
3.   
Remove the pre fuse box cover.
 
 
Care Point:
Record the location of the connectors.
 
4.   
Disconnect the electrical connectors (3).
 
5.   
Remove the nut (4) (M5) 5 Nm.
 
6.   
Remove the nuts (5) (M8) 15 Nm.
 
7.   
Remove the pre-fuse box and discard it.
 
8.   
Remove the wire protection (6) to access the wire.
 
9.   
Cut the wire (7) 125mm away from the position where it connects to the electrical main body harness (8).
 
10.  
Discard the electrical connector.
 
Install Generation 3 battery
1.  
Install the new generation 3 LIN harness (1) to the wire that you cut in the removal procedure. Refer to DA-RM-07M001-00-001 - Generic repair - Harness.
 
2.  
Install the new generation 3 pre-fuse box.
 
3.  
Install the new generation 3 battery.
 
4.  
Install the new generation 3 right battery clamp.
 
5.  
Install the new generation 3 negative battery cable.
 
6.  
Install the remaining components in reverse order.
 
7.  
Connect the McLaren Diagnostic System (MDS) and do a Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) read and clear.
 
8.  
Set the correct time and date on the instrument cluster.
 
   
   
   Note