Strange thing happened with my '82 300TD yesterday. Two or three times over the past couple of months it has failed to start. The glow system works ok, but the starter does not engage. It seemed like the neutral safety switch was going out to me. No click on the starter, no nothing when turning the key. However, moving the shifter around never solved the problem. Every time this has happened, I've been at home so I've just driven another car. When I would try the 300TD the next day or next week it would start normally.

Yesterday, it happened to me at work. I moved the shifter around several times, tried to start in neutral as well as park, but nothing worked. For no reason in particular, I put it in neutral and got out and pushed it forward about a foot. Put it back in park and it started right up on the first try. Is this just a strange coincidence or is it indicative of a problem somewhere?