Yep, may not be able to reach starter from top because of turbine, but if ya
can see any part of starter, bang it with stick. Don't hafta bang on
solenoid to shake it a bit - just bang the starter by whatever means or
access while turning the key to start. Of course, battery may be dead, too,
or elec. circuit is open somewhere - bat terminal, solenoid, etc.?
Wilton
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From: "Curly McLain via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 300TD suddenly silent
The "stick" I carry is a 2' chunk of 1/2" copper water pipe. In
addition to being the right weight to whack the solenoid; use it linear,
like a pool cue; It has other uses for starting. It makes a good jumper
to jump between the small starter switch wire on the solenoid and the
battery (upper) terminal on the solenoid. If that won't work, you can use
it to jump the two big terminals to make the starter go.
It works great for NA engines. Not sure if you can reach the solenoid
easily on a turbo 617 from the top.
Worn starter solenoid on my 80 240D acted exactly the way you described -
'had been working fine, suddenly, no click - nothing; banged starter with
stick while SWMBO worked the key switch, and the car started with just a
touch of the key switch, as usual.
Wilton
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