OK...I talked to my mechanic last night on the way home from work. He told me that a technician at Ford gave him a laundry list of things to do to ensure proper clutch operation. He had already done all of them but ONE. The tech told him to "power bleed" the clutch system with the engine warm as that would ensure any bubbles in the system are eliminated.
Now how that makes any difference is beyond me, but with all new components and still no functioning clutch any advice is good advice.
So, the mechanic took the car out and drove it, left it sit idling for several minutes and then drove it some more. He then pulled it into the shop and re-bled the system.
According to the mechanic, the clutch is working properly now and he's driven it several times without problem.
I told him to keep the car till I get off work this evening and to drive it all he wants to make sure the clutch continues to work properly. I haven't received a call yet today so I'm assuming all is well.
Can anybody out there shed some light on why "power bleeding" with the engine warm would have any effect at all on getting the system completely bled??? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Okay, maybe an air bubble would expand when warmed and cause more slop in the system...and maybe that's just enough to keep the clutch from disengaging...but this really sounds like auto tech wizardry.
