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Hope you are having a great vacation Dave. I'm sure the weather is a lot nicer there in TX than at your house.

I will share an experience I had been having with my Black '88 Reatta. It started with ignition. Sometimes it would start instantly like it should and sometimes it woud grind for a second or two and then fire, Sometimes it would catch and run and sometimes not and I would try the starter again and it would then catch and run. While this was going on I would have "accelerator" issues where I would put my foot into it and the car would just take off and not stop accelerating unless I would take my foot off the gas and then hit the accelerator and then it seemed to release and the RPMs would drop back down and run correctly. This seemed to correct itself as I went into another faze. The last couple of weeks I would get a bucking when I would try to accelerate from any speed almost like the car couldn't breath because of a clogged cat converter. I knew that wasn't it as the exhaust is new. I thought maybe MAF sensor and swapped in another one. No change. So I swapped in another Magnavox ignition and same issues only worse, so I knew it was the ignition module. Swapped in the Delco ignition Module/Coil Pack and all the issues are gone. Car starts quickly, doesn't "rev up", and no bucking. And the benefit is the Delco unit has higher output so it actually seems way quicker then before. Well worthy doing...

On another note I took a long drive to Texas to join my wife on her vacation [she's retired I'm still working]. At any rate I checked Row 52 a salvage yard listing source for Reattas and Rivs of our generation. There was a yard in Mo. that just got in a 1989 Riv with ABS. I left everything related to the Teves there but did score the "Bling," a CRT with a rebuilt sticker and the Instrument Cluster. Also left the headlight switch as it has the extra slider and I have plenty. Going to install them tomorrow as the Red has been down here enjoying the summer. They also had a 1990 Riv and the Instrument Cluster was in it but I passed as it didn't have a rebuild sticker on it and they are known for being bad.

I've been to 2seaters place and he does have a great set up. I walked away impressed and thinking maybe I should remodel my free standing garage.