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Old 02-21-2010, 11:51 PM
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'87 300 TDT not starting - shut off solenoid?

I have an '87 300 TDT that is not starting. It had sat a few weeks and I got it started and had really weak power and then I had trouble getting it stopped.

Since then I have had trouble getting it started. I put some new fuel in it and have checked the glow plugs and checked some of the vacuum lines and replaced some of the rubber lines that were degraded.

I thought possibly it was the shut off solenoid. Is it possible for the shut off solenoid to freeze in a shut or nearly shut position so that I cannot get the car started? Is there any way to test the shut off solenoid? Any other ideas?

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Old 02-21-2010, 11:54 PM
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Take a peek at the stop lever. If it goes up when you turn on the key the car should start.

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Old 02-22-2010, 12:14 AM
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It is going up. So this is moving based on the shut off solenoid correctly moving?

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