Mine quit last Sunday after church. Turned the key, radio on, but nothing. Well, I knew the battery was quite old, I think going on 8 years, so I put in a new battery. Everything seemed hunkydory. Wednesday I was out running around and 15 miles from home and "no crank" again. But I have a push button starter on mine to avoid using that trouble making switch all the time. Just turn the switch on, but I don't use the start position nor do I use the steering wheel lock. That is gone also. OK, so no start and in getting a little peed off, I held my starter button down for 4/5 seconds, pushing it on and off in disgust, when It suddenly got hot and started to smoke. Well that meant the solenoid was drawing a lot of power and was locked up. Well, I have other starters with solenoid on hand and installed it. So, just saying, don't overlook the solenoid on top of the starter. They do fail also.

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
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