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Hi All, Just letting you know I'm still here and I still have the Reatta. It just wants to continue to be my retirement project nemesis. (I have been trying to get deeper into my 1955 Thunderbird project but this Reatta keeps pulling me away) Anyway, I hope I don't ramble on too much here. By the way, the car is running pretty good since re-installing the transmission and not throwing any codes so I'm happy about that! So I was driving the car the other night (I don't usually drive it after dark) and noticed no backlighting at all on the dash buttons or at the shifter. It reminded me that about a year ago I started to research the issue using the troubleshooting guide here at this web site. I got the lights to work using the touch screen and adjusting something. I think it proved the inverter was good and the photocell is bad. I researched further and found something (don't remember if it was here or at the AACA site) that gave a specification of a photocell that I bought at Radio Shack. (per KDirk or Daves89?) I have the photocell but never put it in. Now I was just reading about how the slider (dimmer) functions. My slider just goes back and forth and does nothing so I'll probably pull the headlight switch and send it to Jim Finn for rebuild / repair. I may also be on the hunt for a tan 1988/89 steering column. My ignition key is still needing to be turned extra hard to get to crank the engine then I have to click it back to get to the run position. A classic symptom of a broken rack inside the column. I also found that the high beams do not switch on. I was going to order a new multi switch but Jim Finn told me that the multi switch pushes a rod which hits a switch down lower on the column and it just may need adjustment. I ordered an ignition rack kit and have decided to pull the column and tear into it. I guess the Reatta has decided it wants to stay with me! LOL! Wife still says she wants me to sell it. I don't have the heart to tell her I will be working on it some more because I think the non-functioning lights (dash, shifter and high beams) could be a deal breaker.

I agree and have a love/hate relationship with 9volts. The do have very limited capacity just due to chemistry and construction. They are actually made of six tiny individual 1.5volt cells so there is empty space in the case and high voltage comes at a cost to capacity. Not likely a long term solution but only testing would tell

Ronnie.....that knife switch looks good......wish I had found that before I ordered/installed the screw-down type. 2seater......9volt trick is interesting.....maybe if we wire it straight to the Flux Capacitor, then it will work for a few years. Take out every 6 months and place the 9volt terminals on your tongue, and make sure you still get a good little jolt from it.

I need a back rear windshield for a 1989 anyone that has one or knows where to get them? Mainly posting for the mechanical issue I've encountered! I was driving recently in the throttle body cable snap the one that was connected to the gas pedal and caused the car to lunch forward, that shut off the engine, and hasn't started started since. The cable snapped, something fell out underneath I made a clink, clink, sound, and I haven't driven it ever since. I'm thinking either the voltage regulator fell out, cuz I don't see that in the engine, anymore, timing chain, or ignition switch. Any ideas. Has anyone else experienced same issues? Would the ECU, PCM, ECS, Computers be failing and need to be replaced after 30 years with the original one?