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Well shit.... I was really hoping that it didn't.... right when I was gonna start building a set of rear shocks... Guess im gonna have to buy another cluster....

Burning smell and smoke? Yeah I think it went bad...

I have a 1990 reatta. Driving it home today and all.of a sudden the cluster goes black and a burning electrical smell appears. And a puff of smoke. I already replaced the cluster once with a remained one from east coast reatta a few years ago. My question is, is it possible it went bad again? I really hope not.

No corrosion either👍

No arcing either!

Sometimes people just need a little guidance when working on their cars.

Thank you for being a long-time member of ROJ.

Ronnie, thanks for keeping the site alive and active.

https://reattaowner.com/forum/topic/1271-options-for-replacing-rear-struts-needed/page/6/ This is the very long thread from two years ago. Many creative ideas and details of the various permutations of substitutes created. It will provide all the information needed to make an informed decision, or your head explode🙃

Unfortunately too many people here are under the misconception that parts are easy to find like they would be for a higher production car. Ford on a good MONTH makes more Mustangs then the entire 4 year run of the Reatta. That's way there is virtually no support from aftermarket vendors. Just trying to get you guys to realize that Reatta parts are in short supply and drying up fast. Go to the East Coast Reatta website and look at all the parts that are out of stock. You may be surprised...

I appreciate you being here. You do a lot to help people keep their Reattas on the road.

Thanks Ronnie for keeping the ROJ and How to Guides going. I'm not alone in expressing appreciation for your efforts. Contribution will be forthcoming.

Hard to believe it has been a year already. I certainly appreciate the site although my sporadic donations might suggest otherwise😑

Today is the one year anniversary of me selling my Reatta. I owned it for about 17 years. I still miss my Reatta but circumstances dictated it was time for me to sell it. Because of parts availability, my age, and my health, I think I made the right decision. I have a Mustang now, but to be honest I still miss a lot of things about the Reatta. When I sold my Reatta I was asked if I would keep ROJ going. As you can see I have done that. The annual fees required to keep ROJ are now due. I intend to pay the fees again this year even though a few donations to ROJ don't cover them. I think ROJ How-to Guides are a good resource for Reatta owners and I hate to see them go after spending countless hours over the years to put them on ROJ.

One other thing I forgot to mention. When Marck of East Coast Reatta negotiated and then ordered 1000 each of the struts from Monroe, a mistake was made and someone from Monroe allowed Rock Auto to sell off from that 1000 each inventory. By chance I was on the Rock Auto website and bought some of that inventory before it was sent to Marck. I foolishly told others on this site [and the AACA site] and a number were bought by other private owners. This dwindled what was sent to Marck by at least 50 struts. At any rate because I bought from that inventory it allowed me to be able to offer the "fabricated" strut I fully intended to use on my car.

I have a pair available or you can do a search on this website and find out what to buy, where to buy it, how to cut off the wrong mounting brackets, put a groove in the "new" strut for the mounting bolt. Regarding 1000 struts and where did they go. The Riviera, Allante, Toronado, and Reatta all use the same strut. The Toronado and Riviera struts while the same have an "air shock" feature to them. I am sure that was forgotten in the joy of getting a working strut. That's where they went.

Thanks for the replies guys. I am not sure I understand what or how you are fabricating these struts. Maybe you have a link to some info... You are cutting off the mounting brackets in the process? I was on this site about a year ago when the Monroe production run happened and figured that I had time to buy the new shocks with a production run of 1,000. Where the heck did they all go in a year? That's like 500 Reatta's getting their shocks replaced which doesn't seem plausible. Isn't someone sitting on a stash of them.

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/138583-fuel-leveldraw-problem/ found this discussion over on the AACA.org forum - and one other poster noticed the same thing he said "The second fuel gauge display just gives you a more detailed look at the remainder of your gas. My '90 coupe starts making noises in the tank, just before reading empty. I had to run out of gas once to convince myself that when the pump growls, I better feed the tank." so its hot out and maybe pump is not getting cooled or lubed? also in that thread one person stated there is a in the tank sock or screen so at some point i will pull the tank, put in the new pump. I think my sender is fine, so i will leave that alone for a while, not really looking forward to pulling a tank. Phil

Ok still working thru issues with this car, but i have been able to drive it daily for the last 2 weeks and have gone thru a tank of gas. running great since the new regulator and the cruise servo were replaced, fuel pressure is perfect now with a new regulator, but i didnt swap out the pump. the pressure was good, no leak down, etc. But i have had this weird issue, where i was getting a squealing sound , it was coming from under the car in back, and gone with motor off, so ok also it would come and go while turning corner etc a few times so i thought maybe it was suspension ,but then i noticed after driving some more it was just there constant, but gone when the car was off, -After filling the tank, it went away until i again was under a quarter tank of gas. Drove this week, and ran it low, sound came back, but now after putting a few gallons in it gone again. So any one have an idea why the pump might be doing that when fuel was low? its reading LOW On the message and just under 1/4 tank. I filled it up and it took 16 gallons, so it had about 2 gallons still there right? weird. is there a screen filter in the tank? My Porsche 914 has a external line filter but also a screen , like a sock that is on the outgoing line. Anway i do have a new pump sitting on the shelf, but i will have to run it down or siphon 18 gallons out of there before i drop the tank. Phil

Thanks for the tip! Will-do. On the bright side, I spent the week cleaning, grinding and painting and the rusty floors have never looked better. The car's name is AMY, btw.

There is what is called a "Blower Control module" and it is located on top of the fire wall under the hood. It is located just above the Blower. It is held in place with 3 each 7mm screws.

Blower fan will not shut off when ignition key is turned off.

You should check the wire splices under the seats while you have the carpet out. If you have water in there the splices can cause lots of problems. Wire Splice Repair

Thanks for the info. I ended up removing the interior, also found a lot of rust and mildew I have to combat. Priority #1 is making sure I fix all the seals to stop water coming in, but it's going to be a challenge and a half to find all the leaks. Anyone ever try one of those ultrasonic leak-finders? Seems like I need some help here.

How did the driver's seat turn out after all?