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Originally Posted by kerry
Could be a bad connection on the battery cables or a sticky solenoid as a result of cold grease. Also could be a bad connection in the ignition switch. My TD has a tendency to do that in very cold weather and the problem lies in the ignition switch. When it occurs I just jump terminals 1 and 3 in the junction box on top of the fender in front of the battery and off I go.
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All of the above can cause the problem as well as what vstech said.
Here is a pic of the terminal block to jump in front of the Batter (on an 84 300D). Also another area that sometimes needs the contacts cleaned (cleaned with the battery disconnected of course).
This is a pic of a Delco starter however it is similar to the ones on my year of mercedes. You can see the 2 contact bolts and the Disc (not labled) inside of the Solenoid that vstech was speaking of. However, I am not sure those bolts can be rotated without removing the plastic(?) End Cap
on the Solenoid as I believe the bolts have a square section like a Carriage Bolt the fits into a square holes in the End Cap.
If you try to rotate them from the outside I believe it will crack the End Cap.
However, I have not been inside a Bosch/Mercedes Solenoid to say for sure.
