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@Touring_Rob I've poked a camera prob in to try and see what's up, pretty hard to manipulate but I got a few glimpses of the pin. If it wasn't so miserable outside I'd have stuck at it but crouched motionless on damp concrete got weary. The photos are handy as a reminder of what I should be...

Yep😪

Better that than grabbing a brick! Seriously though, theres recoil on the release lever but not much. I think the bonnet pin is misaligned in the mechanism, tried a wire looped round it to tug it but no joy. I cant quite see how getting the bumper off is either possible or going to get me access

I think I'm just going to go in and cry instead, why am I dicking around with this piece of crap!

Quite likely mate, I'm having one of those days though, shut the bonnet but forgot the insulation tape was up by the scuttle! Now the bloody release mechanism wont release 😖

That's certainly an option, can't be arsed with pulling the scuttle covers off right now, the clips will only beark in this cold. I might just tape up the ends for now.

So the red and yellow wires bodged under the fuses are indeed the Cobra alarm power feeds, I've removed them and the alarm led by the gearstick no longer illuminates. Next question is where should they really be spliced into as I want them tidied up, done a fair amount of Googling but cant...

I've checked that and there doesn't appear to be anything extra coming through

I'll have a better look tomorrow but they are wrapped in insulation tape and wrapped together with the two black bonnet switch cables. Looks to go under the screen wash bottle which makes me think it may be alarm related.

I suppose if I pull them out its only a case that something wont work, however I'm absolutely certain it was the connects2 causing the drain, I just dont like the untidyness/bodge of it. Probably a badly executed previous aftermarket radio or amp install

No I've got the connects2 into the back of the original radio. That's under a 60 amp and a 15 I think the small blue is

Any thoughts on what the yellow and red wires under the fuses are?

Glad you sorted it. I knew a few Mercs had Renault engines, didn't realise they also shared leaks

I'd forgotten I'd fitted the Connects2, it must have been the cause all along. Googling it three up a few people having problems with them not shutting down with the ignition on, I should have known really as the one I had in my 182 was a bit of a pain for disconnecting

I unplugged the mirrors on both sides which made no difference, I've not disconnected the wires under the fuses as I'm not sure what they are for. Would be interesting to know but the disappear and I cant trace them. I think the Connects2 is causing it though, I meant to write 'interesting to...

It was the earth but barely connected so I've sorted that and cleaned up every fuse in the engine bay fuse box as some were a but furry. I've attached a photo of the two wire trapped under the fuses that disappear through the bulkhead, not sure what that's about. Interesting to not that...

I'll try tomorrow, Ive at least narrowed it down a bit. One other thing that's dodgy is that there are two wires entering the engine bay fuse box and are then trapped under two separate fuses, proper bodge. I might try removing them to see what happens, I'll get a pic tomorrow

It's an earth cable actually I believe

Sorry to bore you all with this, I've got a stinking cold so not in the best mood to be trying to trace the problem but I have discovered this mess on the radio (power in cable I think) I removed the radio entirely but still get 80milliamps being drawn unless I pull the fuse mentioned above...

Oh yes! That was a used alternator I fitted which promptly started to smoke so shelled out £182 to Renault Wolverhampton for a shiney one