30 & 87, so that's pins 2 and 4. Copy that!
From the trans... where does the wire of the NSS snake up to? I'd rather not go under the car at the moment... so if I can jumper elsewhere that would be great.

To backtrack a little... "I know that jumping the starter positive lead to the solenoid runs the starter... But can I trigger the starter by placing a positive current on the SOLENOID from ANY source? what's the current draw of the solenoid? What gauge wire is safe? "

Here's the situation... I installed a Diesel engine in a 95 S280, the car was submerged. So any and all electronics have been removed. I'm trying to get the starter to run VIA the ignition switch... ideally bypassing any and all unneeded circuits.

Here is what I've tried so far (aside from jumping at the starter terminals)... I have isolated the pin that goes to the starter from the X27 connector... and it does get 12V when the key is turned to "start"... I connected that wire to the starter solenoid... but nothing happens.

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85 190E 2.3(SOLD)
86 230E (-->300D) sold
87 300D (-->300TD) sold
68 250S w/ a 615 and manual tranny (RIP)
87 300TD (SOLD)
95 S280 "The KRAKEN" (Turbo 2.9 602 transplant) traded
86 190E 2.3... current project