Mercedes Atego 07 Starter Motor Problem

Hi folks, my brother in laws horsebox is on a Mercedes atego, it was fine until he brought it down to cornwall, I guess the salt air has got at the starter motor, now when you try and start it the solenoid clunks and the starter fails to engage.

Last time we tapped it with a hammer and it worked, this time no amount of tapping seems to work.

There’s a load of pipe work under it so we’re not sure we can get it out, anyone got any ideas either of how to remove it or anything else we can do to get it going

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