I am Bach....

[acheson850i]

Hey Gentleman,
I got out of the Lincoln Mark VIII business, bought a 1988 MB 300SE about a year ago and its time to get my 850i running again been mothballed for about 2 yrs? .....starter whirs but does not engage...Is it easiest to get it out by dropping the exhaust system...probably the solenoid(?) also somwhere in all the posts hereI recall a DIY diagnostic using a thinkpad and associated software...saw it used in Wichita by Iceman...Good to be back and yes Roger another CSI(?) you obsessed Cheers...time for a cupof tea/can of pilsner... Gawd I forgot how clunky this forum software is....

[Timm]

Hopefully you have bought a couple of new batteries or have kept the original ones on charge for those two years as a poor battery WILL cause the starter just to whirr.....

[rogbmw]

Welcome back! Once in your blood, you are always 8er infected!

[CaifanSC]

Hey Gentleman,
I got out of the Lincoln Mark VIII business

Always loved the mark 8. Memory fails me now, but was the 93 still in the fox platform? Or was that the FN10?