I ended up popping back in to Autozone later in the evening on the way to rent some movies. I found a different guy and told him that I wanted the cheapest starter solenoid that was switch activated that he had and then told him what I wanted to do with it. He seemed to know what he was doing and went right to the part, so I'm all set with parts.

The town where I live is pretty small and very remote. I've already picked through the 3 old Benzes that we have in the local boneyard. All had the more modern GP relay. There is a yard about 120 miles south that has half-price weekends for you to pick and pull. My buddy and I are seriously contemplating a ride down there next weekend (which is the half-price weekend). Reportedly they have and old 300D still. I'm just not real excited about spending the day in the junkyard when it's 110F. I'll just wear a big floppy hat and about a gallon of sunscreen...

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-livin' in the terminally flippant zone