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You need one more bit of information!!!
What we have is your engine date code, providing the year of manufacture, but not the "Decade" of manufacture. You will need the Engine Tag/Plate number for additional info.
9K28

• 9 = ninth year of a certain decade
• K = month
  • A = Jan
  • M = December
  • (i is not used)
• Next 2 digits are numbers, hence I think your B is an 8

Your engine was manufactured on October 28, 19x9 to find x you need to ...

Locate the Engine Tag / Plate... (this is for Ford Engines)

• It can be near the coil, where the bolts secure it.
• by/under the oil dipstick tube
• under heat indicator bulb
• under the stud attaching carburetor (this is for larger engines)

There will be a long number on it.
And it will start with an Alpha Character...

• 1st position - Probably not an "A"... but this letter designates the "Decade" in which the engine was built.
  • "B" = 1950's, C = 1960's, etc
• 2nd position - will be a numeral from 0 - 9 and this designates the year (1st to 10th) of the above decade it was built.
• 3rd position - Basic design of the Vehicle
  • example: A - Generic engine, full size, E or T - Truck, L - Lincoln, M - Mercury, and for you car buffs... O - '67-'76 Torino's and all Fairlanes, Z - Mustangs,
• 4th position - Almost always an E - meaning made by the Engine Design Team (which Design Team? Engine design team)
• And the last 4 positions are the part number of that engine

Just for fun, this is a cool site...
Ford V8 Engine Identification FORDification com

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Intermittent misses can be caused by bad coils, dirty fuel injectors, and bad o2 sensors, to name a few.

Tune-ups have not existed in over 25 years

You only have Spark Plugs left

What your saying is, you have no idea what
Preventative Maintenance is, or what needs to
done or when

Just do whatever you have done for the past
decades on any vehicle

Going to need some details & test results

You got nothing here,no vehicle problem,no
test results or how it was done,what system,
what about codes,what are you doing & why
& how can help, we have no info here, only the
internet like you & what we know from years
or decades of personal experience

At home,use site like you

There are a few,3 or so kits for installing
thread inserts into the spark plug hole

Just google the issues or question & you
will find the tools avail & most likely lots to
read about the issue,it has gone on for a decade
with fords,didn't know the V6 had those problems

Have you called Lincoln-Mercury dealer? I had one go bad on a Grand Marquis LS and I never replaced it.
It can probably be wired around if a person is savvy on DC wiring. I know it cost a few hundred a decade ago. don-ohio

sounds like it has lost its learned idle value.will it keep running if you keep your foot on the gas pedal?have you had any work done recently that the battery had to be diconnected for?if it has higher mileage carbon deposits may have built up aruond throttle plate to the point that the computer can no longer compensate for the restriction of air flow at idle.if the answer is yes to any of these questions i would recommend having idle air volume learn procedure done and cleaning throttle plate and bore.

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Hi

Have you checked the fuel filter? Check the connections with the battery.