Is the solenoid accessed from below or above? On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
> Run it through the gears before starting might help if neutral safety > switch. > > Make sure battery terminals and cables making good contact. > > Whack starter solenoid while trying to start. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 10, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I moved the '85 300TD out of the garage this afternoon, parked iton the > > driveway and worked on the other car (83 TD) for maybe 25 minutes. > When I > > went back to move '85 back into the garage, it glowed normally but was > dead > > silent when I tried to start it. Nothing. Nada. Crickets. > > > > There was no warning whatsoever before this happened, so I am scratching > my > > head. The battery is new and strong. Can a starter fail suddenly with > no > > warning? Is there a neutral safety switch that can suddenly fail? > > Something else? The car has sat for several weeks so maybe that has > > something to do with it but for now I'm stumped. Ideas and suggestions > > welcome. > > > > TIA, > > > > Andrew > > > > 1983 300TD > > 1985 300TD > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
