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I just read an article In my Hagerty insurance magazine that says the best place to store spare parts for your car is in a parts car. That way when you need a spare part it will be exactly where you expect it to be. 🙂

I don't know if my fobs work as I no longer lock my car... anywhere. Seriously if someone breaks into our cars and breaks something trying to get in, what they break is probably worth more then they would get. We do put stuff in the trunk. Also I find that our cars are rare and as I park off a ways from others my cars are pretty much left alone [except for the admirers].

Try this: Reatta Owners Journal or this: Reatta Owners Journal

Do what Jim Finn told me when he delivers a windshield. He tapes it to his existing windshield and drives to the clients house.

I would probably buy your donor car, but Illinois is a bit of a journey from Montana. Especially with the price of fuel these days !! My aunt lives in Arizona and I am looking in and around the area where she lives for Reatta parts/donor cars. Between her traveling as well as my sister who barrel races in Arizona one of them can bring it with them back to Montana for me.

Haha, you should tell your mechanic about that! Glad you found the problem!

My problem has been solved thanks to Rogold's suggestion. Bear with me for the following explanation. The photo in the previous post showed the brake reservoir after I pumped the brakes 25 times with the key on and engine running. That photo shows the fluid level right on the full mark. Following Ronnie's comments, I again pumped the brakes 25 times with the key off. The fluid level rose to the top of the reservoir. I did the pumping method 2 or 3 times since the recent repair, and each time I evacuated an excess amount of brake fluid from the reservoir. (I told the mechanic not to overfill and to use the pumping method - he says he followed my instructions.) However, I suctioned the excess fluid from the reservoir. The current level is as is seen in the photo below - probably in inch or so below the full mark. In the photo is also the the bottle used to contain the excess fluid - a combined 7 1/2 ounces. I suctioned 2-3 ounces of excess fluid each time I used the pumping method down to the full mark so as not to be overfilled. The other photo is looking straight down into the fluid reservoir. The circular object surrounded by a black ring apparently is the float mentioned by Rogold. I used a flashlight and a drinking straw to probe the float in an up and down motion. The probing dislodged the shiny object propped up in front of the bottle with the excess fluid contained therein. It looks like a piece of aluminum foil that covers the opening of a new can of brake fluid. Removing the aluminum foil, and starting the engine, the ABS yellow and the Red Warning light both disappeared! Problem solved! Thanks to all for your help!