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Old 08-01-2006, 03:44 AM
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Starter runs on

I have a 1980 450sl and this morning the car failed to start. Imagine my surprise when upon releasing the key from the start position the starter kept turning the engine over. In fact I was able to remove the key from the ignition with the starter still grinding away.

Thankfully this happened in my garage and I managed to get into the battery box in the trunk to remove a battery cable before the starter had a meltdown.
On reconnecting the cable and turning the ignition key, the same result.

What is strange is that the engine did not fire during this episode leading me to believe that it must be a fault at the mechanical / electrical connection behind the ignition tumblers that is causing this.

Has anyone else experienced this?

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