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I have an 06 ford fusion 2.3L with 240k on it. Bought it at 170k. Ive has the old gal for 5 years and 80k hard miles. Just replaced the clutch, pressure plate, throwout bearing, flywheel, torque strut mount, clutch master, clutch slave cylinder, my rear main seal was absolutely dumping oil. I initially had pressure after buttoning everything up but felt low engagement so i re bled the system and my pedal would stick to the floor. Ended up finding slave was allowing air into the system when i would press in the pedal. Now shes good to go lol also if you have the shared reservoir theres a line from the brake master that goes to the clutch master that can get hard and gunky. But. You have the luxury of having to pull the battery and removing the ecu to access the clutch master if you have the 2.3l 😂 anyway i know it probably doesnt matter to you persay but maybe someone like me looking for help might find this info helpful in getting theirs to start cooperating. Pro tip get a buddy to help you and if you have something to create vacuum will help burp the air out if it wont initially gravity bleed once installed that'll make it a lot less infuriating 🙂 who knows maybe your fusion isn't as rude as mine. Im just gonna keep fixing her until she doesn't have it in her. Im shooting for 500k

The kind of repair that makes me proud to know there are other people out there that know how things work and /or how to troubleshoot, and don't just take it to a dealer and pay $1000 for what could have been an easy repair. Example, my wife took her '02 Explorer in because 4WD wasn't engaging.. they told her it needed an $800 module + labor.. I had her bring it home so I could look at it after work... I looked at the wiring diagram, crawled underneath \found the ground wire that was broke off of the transfer case. Installed a NEW more robust grounding strap.. worked great for years afterwards, even after we gave it to her brother.. eventually he abused it enough to trash the transmission.