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Old 05-27-2008, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by tyl604 View Post
John-
Starter - this is pretty elementary but it sounds like your solenoid may be going. Years ago these could be replaced on american cars and I assume same may be true with the MB.
nope, it was a slightly bad battery... I took it down and had it tested, found a bad cell, wouldn't put out full CCA. the motor now spins freely, but still will not crank up.
I will report back as soon as I have the compression test.
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