I went and looked at a 1980 300TD today. The fellow is asking $1000 for it. It has had a turbo engine swapped in at some time in its life. The guy is selling it because it has an intermittent no-crank issue. His "mechanic" has jerry-rigged in a goofy starter button to try to fix the problem, but it still will not crank sometimes. When the starter button is pushed the glow plug relay clicks but that's it. He claims that the neutral safety switch and ignition switch as well as the starter have been replaced, however the ignition switch looks to be old. It also needs paint on the hood, and a bit of interior work. The evil ccu servo is also bypassed. I offered $800...well see...

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