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If you guys remember I took the Enclave and the car did great except for one hiccup. If I used the cruise control the car would get "confused" and start giving me low power warnings and Stabil Trak warnings. So from Dallas south to Brownsville no cruise. It wasn't an issue as there was ice until I got south of San Antonio. But driving about 400 miles without druise was no fun. It turned out that there is a sensor integrated into the throttle body that needs to be happy. If it doesn't read right it shuts thinks down. When I got to Brownsville I ordered a new throttle body through Advance [bought online with a 20% discount] picked it up and installed in less then an hour. Only one 6 pin connector and 4 bolts. . Everything great since then.

Dave...a least you know what to do to keep water pipes from freezing since you're a "northerner". Looking at pics and seeing news broadcasts, I'm amazed at the number of frozen/burst pipes in TX homes/buildings. Stay Safe.

They are physically the same as the LN3, being the last of the Series I engines, aside from the slight difference in the rocker arm mounting. They have an extra approx. 5/8" hole, on each head, in the rail into the valve cover for the built in PCV system which works with the TPI naturally aspirated manifolds too. The LN3 doesn't have the same pcv system so the hole would need to be plugged, easily done, and an external pcv system installed. Beyond the roller rocker pivot difference, there is likely no advantage to using them. I will do a cleanup and mild porting, check the chamber cc's and try a flow test, but I suspect little to no difference. What I find advantageous would be the more universal nature of them when used on a Series I engine rather than cleaning up and porting for each engine. They would not work on a Series II engine, nor the reverse.

I was told by the owner that the brake repairs were done by a friend of the previous owner, a shade tree mechanic (aren't we all?) most likely unfamiliar with the braking system used on Reattas so it's likely that the mechanic didn't know how to bleed the lines once he replaced the caliper or had the same experience you did. I'm pretty sure that considering the condition of this car, the lines should be fine and we'll figure it out using the information generously provided on this site. Unfortunately we're under ten inches of snow with single digit temps so If we buy this car, it's going to be frustrating not to be able to work on it until the weather improves. I won't be driving it in the winter roads covered in salt anyway.

I think getting to Texas is like jumping from the frying pan and into the fire. Left Wisconsin in a "minor" snow storm [1"-2"] and get to Dallas same day. Woke up te next morning at 4:30 to snow falling and headed south thinking it had to get better. Got to Waco and entered into a ice storm that lasted until San Antonio. After that the roads cleared up and I made pretty good time. However the night I arrived we lost power and it was not restored until about 24 hors ago. We had no electricity, I shut off the water and drained the lines as we had no heat, but we did have heat from our gas stove. Before turning off the water I did fill a cooler with water for flushing the toilet and we had laid in a supply of bottled water. Now we find out that there is a fuel shortage. Waited in line about 15 minutes and filled up. Hope the fuel situation clears up. Have only hit 50 degrees once or twice since we have gotten hear. Temps mostly low 30s to mid 40s.