You're welcome VirginiaDude. I'm going hold off trying the diesel purge until I run through all the potential fixes I've got listed, one at time. Otherwise, if something works, I won't know which fix worked.

By the way, came across an excellent narrative with photos included on how to perform the purge. Suggest you take a look at it.

http://www.mindspring.com/~houlihan/merc/purge.htm

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