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Originally Posted by w123fanman
...96 Mercury ... valve cover gasket leak. ...(you have to remove the passenger wheel, passenger wheel well, AC lines, accumulator, air box and evaporator in order as per the Ford FSM).
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Wow I will no longer think the OM642 is a bugger to work on. What was Ford thinking??
Reminds me of the time I helped a friend many years ago change the spark plugs on his mid 80s Ford...3 hrs to change the first 5 and 6 hrs to get the 6th...
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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)
both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)
1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech
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