Hello all. New to this mercedes thing but an old hand at diesels. Dodge rams to be exact. I believe I have a junk starter on my 87 190 2.5 turbo. Just bought the car and when I turn the key the starter winds up but wont engauge the flexplate! Sometimes it will grind but mostly it just winds up and nothing! I was about to remove the thing tonight and check for a bad bendix or something. When I got it on the lift and went to remove the bolts I was shocked to see there was no feesable way to get the top starter bolt loose What kind of funky tool do you folks use to remove a starter????? Nothing in my big craftsman box would even come close to working. Tried universals, wrenches, wishing it off. nothing would work! PLEASE HELP a newbee. Thanks, Bubba
Oh yes and when I get the starter replaced I need to swap out the differential
Im sure there will be lots of questions there!!