Hi guys,

I parked my 300TD about 2 years ago (July 2014) in front of my house, because it needed some steering/suspension work. It was running fine at that time, it would start with no issues with just a few rotations. I took the battery out and that was it.

I wanted to start it last week, so I poured some diesel stabiliser into the tank (yeah, I should've done this 2 years ago). First I smelled the filler tube and it smelled like normal diesel fuel. I put the battery back in (I put a maintainer on it periodically).

It won't start. It turns over well, it sounds like it has compression, it even builds up oil pressure. I sounded like it fired on a few strokes throughout all of my attempts at cranking it, but just once here and there.

I changed both filters, and primed the heck out of it (new-style primer plunger). I cracked the fuel injector lines to confirm that fuel would come out, and it did. But I could only check lines 1 and 5 because I couldn't get a wrench on the middle 3. I need a 17mm flare nut socket. But with fuel spilling out from 1 and 5, I'm satisfied that it shouldn't be a fuel delivery problem.

I checked the glow plug resistance at the plug on the driver side fender, and they all showed continuity. How many ohms should I be seeing here?

I'd really appreciate any help. I love this car and I want to drive it again!

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'82 300TD
'77 6.9
'75 280S
'74 280
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