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What did you do with your Reatta today.
Ronnie replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
Dave, If you're lucky maybe just replacing the seal behind the clutch will fix it. -
What did you do with your Reatta today.
DAVES89 replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
Got it out this spring and the A/C compressor looks like it gave out over the winter. there is compressor oil with leak detector all over the bottom of the car as well. I set an appointment with a shop the 2seater uses as they still have R12 equipment. I just have to provide the R12 and oil which I have plenty of. - Last week
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What did you do with your Reatta today.
DAVES89 replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
Went to my first cars and coffee today, meeting up with my friend Kendall and his wife. He has a 1971 Roadrunner and his wife drives a 1972 GTO, both great looking cars. Too cold to hand around so I left after an hour or so. About 100 cars. -
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What did you do with your Reatta today.
DAVES89 replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
And actually 2 seater the switch he is looking to install were from my tested backstock inventory that you also tested with your "homemade test rig" so it's good. However from his post changing the accumulator is more likely what he needs to do. I have replaced the pressure switch twice in my 333000 miles on the Red. The switches can be hard to remove because they are in tight, which is why I bought the specialty socket [they are thinner wall because of the lack of clearance] years ago for this purpose. -
What did you do with your Reatta today.
2seater replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
I have tested numerous accumulators and pressure switches on my homemade test rig and I have found the pressure switches to be very reliable and robust, unless, they are leaking fluid through the electrical connection. If the connection is wet, replace the switch. The set pressures for warning lights and pump operation have proven to be quite accurate across switches I have tested. If the red brake light is turning on without activating the pump, odds are it is fluid level or likely the parking brake release. The set pressures in the switch for the lights and pump activation are a couple hundred psi, or more, apart. -
What did you do with your Reatta today.
ar_323 replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
Today I change my brake accumulator. I tried changing my brake pressure switch but it didn’t want to budge so left it in for now. Now I got brakes and my pump doesn’t turn on every time I step on the brakes. I do see the occasional red brake light when driving but it disappears. I might look into getting a new fluid level sensor. -
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Yes, but if you are rotating tires, for example, it's nice to be able to jack up one side of the car rather than one end of the car.
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Ronnie's New Toy - OFF TOPIC (Mustang GT)
Ronnie replied to Ronnie's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
I guess most Mustang people would know this, but I just discovered that Mustang GTs like mine have a fiberglass hood and trunk lid. It also has aluminum heads on the engine. Ford did their homework on trying to save weight on a Mustang. I drove my Mustang about 170 miles round trip on Sunday. It's a really good driving car and it is comfortable once you get in it. Getting in and out is about the same as the Reatta. Both are low to the ground which makes it hard on an old man to get in and out of. Most of the roads we were driving on was smooth, but we encountered a section of road where the cracks in the asphalt had been filled in with tar. On that section I could feel the ripples from the tar through the stiff suspension, and it created more road noise than my Reatta would have. The Reatta was a smoother riding car. -
Ronnie, after seeing your thread, I purchased the jack pads from Amazon for the two portable car jacks that I have. They're out for delivery today... thanks for the info.
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I usually used the front or rear crossmember when using a floor jack. I believe in the FSM it states that the wheel jacking points are meant to be used with the emergency trunk jack.
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I'm going to get an alternator and serpentine belt and have them in the trunk as well. Thinking about a crank sensor also. Don't believe I need a MAF sensor as I replaced that with a new one about 3 months ago.
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Those two items saved my butt in 2014 in the middle of eastern CO when my '92 Riviera's transmission decided to let go.
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I still carry my tools and test equipment in the 25 year old car I have now but I don't know what parts to carry at this point. I put the old belt in the toolbox when I installed a new one but that's it so far. Maybe a MAF would be good to have. I guess a cellphone and a AAA card are the best things I can carry that will help me get back home if I break down.
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Lately I have been having an intermittent ignition failure where the engine would die while I was driving. On attempting the second start [after playing Pickleball] I had a total failure. As most know I carry extra parts and 15 minutes later I had the pretested Ignition Module/Coil Pack installed. I believe the failure was the Ignition Module, the original one to the car. I had thrown away the old coils as the terminals were badly rusted/corroded, but I reused the ignition module. That got thrown away too. I then went to a You Pick yard and got another Ignition Module/Coil Pack and installed it taking the prior spare and once again put it in the trunk as back up. While I had a break down I was not stranded as I carry both tools and tested parts. To me this is a requirement when one attempts to drive 25 year old [and older] cars on a daily basis.
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That explains the missing bolt! Thank you 🤨
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Returning from my trip to Arkansas for the recent eclipse. Lucked out with perfect weather and clear skies. Attached are three photos, one is my poor cell phone photo held up to the eyepiece of my small telescope and the others are from a kind lady from Texas who shared pics from her nice camera and lens combo. Bet you can guess which might be which😜
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That bar installs under the area covered by the oil filter adapter. It bridges over one bolt hole that is difficult to access and consequently you will be one bolt short of the total number of tapped holes in the pan rail. That bar should have a slight kink in it to apply pressure to the missing bolt. You can install a bolt in the open hole and delete the bar if desired. I think they are 1/4” SAE thread
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Dropped my oil pan to repair a cross-threaded drain plug. Easiest oil pan removal I've ever done. My 1990 seems to have the smaller starter, so clearance was plentiful. But upon reassembly, I see that the flange bolts come in two different diameters, and amongst the thicker ones, one is slightly longer than the others. The three skinnier bolts were easy to figure out. But which hole does the slightly longer bolt need to go in? Also, early on, a short strap fell off before I had a good chance to see where it was originally located (see photo). An oil pan bolt gives a sense of scale. It seems to have been part of the oil pan lip assembly, as those were the bolts I was removing when this fell off, and the strap is the right width to fit in the flange. But the two holes in this strap are so far apart that they would skip a bolt in the oil pan flange itself. What is it for, and where does it go? Rethreading the oil drain hole was easy, and I've never seen a cleaner oil pan floor. Even after 70,000 miles, it was nearly spotless, with hardly any residue at all. Don't skip the RTV dabs under the gasket, at the seams where the crank seal covers meet the block! Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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What did you do with your Reatta today.
Anthony replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
I go to the yard a couple times a month and am always amazed at the amount of wasted good parts that get crushed. I always haul out at least a thousand dollars worth that would have been smashed otherwise -
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Good idea. I recently purchased a rubber pad for my floor jack that has notches molded into it that might serve the same purpose. I can't jack up my Mustang using the pinch welds because the pinch weld area has fiberglass ground effect parts attached to it. The main reason I bought the rubber pad is because the K member (cradle) where you jack up the front of a Mustang is slightly angled making it easy for a floor jack to slide off if you don't use a rubber pad to provide some grip. Using the jack metal to metal is dangerous and using just a block of wood isn't recommended on the front of a Mustang like mine. The rubber gives the jack a better grip on the K member, and the the pad has a lip on the bottom to keep it from slipping off the jack. For only $8 on Amazon the rubber pad is a good addition to any floor jack.
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When you want to use a generic automotive floor jack, but don't want to mangle your Reatta's sheet metal...
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What did you do with your Reatta today.
ship replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
Because very few Reattas and 7th generation Rivieras were sold in New England, I haven't personally seen either in the two yards near me since around 2015. -
What did you do with your Reatta today.
Ronnie replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
It's sad that they value Reatta parts more for scrap iron than for used parts people could use. Parts are going to get really had to find as more and more of this happens. The biggest yard close to me has done this for a long time with old cars since the original owner died and left the yard to his sons. The sons only employ a couple of guys who pull a few fast moving parts and store them inside the building. Then they have a portable crusher outfit come to their yard every so often that crushes them and hauls them off. Not many people I know go there to get used parts anymore unless they need an engine or transmission. -
Rock Auto shows different part numbers for the left and right seal 1991 BUICK REATTA 3.8L V6 Output Shaft Seal | RockAuto
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What did you do with your Reatta today.
DAVES89 replied to DAVES89's topic in Reatta Owners Journal Forum
I was out on appointments today and thought I would stop in that You Pick yard I got all those Reatta parts from about 5 years ago. they are under new ownership now and while they still do You Pick they crushed all the old iron. Gone are all the Reattas, Rivs and even the vintage Regal I am driving [1997-2005]. Looks like Gibson's is the only yard left for me to shop...
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