Well, I tried everything; still no crank!

I had my battery charger on (trickle) for nearly 24 hrs. I got enough juice to take it out of park; foot on the brake. My wife said the brake lights work. When I shift through the gears the instrument cluster shows the different gears; P, R, N, & D.

I tried jumping it with one of my diesel cars, and no crank.

One my old 300TD there is a main fuse under the hood that is like a thick strip of metal. If that blows out the car will not crank. I am wondering if my 2005 has something like that? Everything works except the starter.

Now what?

Later I will jack the car up, get under it to see if there is power coming to the solenoid.

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2005 C320 4-Matic
85 300TD wagon with the third seat; I am slowly restoring it.
99 E300 TD

My experience is with my 98 C class, but it does have the CAN bus (first year for the C class). In mine when I put the key in there is a "ker-chunk" sound when the Electronic Steering Lock (ESL) unlocks. Did yours ever have that sound and if so does it now?

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra