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The starter in my MB100 always gave me trouble, I went through everything including eventually fitting a new starter, but nothing fixed it. It eventually blew a head gasket so the starting issue was never totally resolved.
At one point, I always had to find a hill to park on in case it wouldn't start.
One time it died in a car park, there were bays either side of the central drainage, with a slight slope either side. I first tried bump starting in reverse, but the slope just wasn't steep enough.
Eventually, I managed to rock the van back and forth across the two slopes, then with all my might pulling on the tow bar got the 2t van all the way into the parking space behind me. It was now backed up facing forward. All I had to do now was release the tow bar (I think I might have used my foot as a chock), run into the driver's seat as it rolled forward, put it in gear, release the clutch and go.
Took two goes at this method and about 20mins but I got it going!
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