Well ;

I've been wrenching since the 1960's so I approach the job perhaps a little differently .

I also got sick and tired of others doing shoddy works so I now tend to try and push the DIY'er to at least trying do fix it them selves....

YOU will usually do a better repair job because YOU CARE .

The BOSCH starter solenoid thing is well known to any older German vehicle Mechanic .

It's a simple thing to add a little cube relay in the circuit between the battery and starter solenoid, this is called adding a " hard start solenoid " and will often allow a few more years out of a dying starter .

It works gangbusters on anything 6 volts .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better