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Well, my problems started about 10 days ago driving home from work at midnight. Passed by a recently ran over skunk on the shoulder of the road. The stench was great. Parked the Reatta in the garage when I got home. Next day, opened the Reatta door to drive to work, and there was still the skunk odor, not strong but it was there. Left the car with the driver's window open to air it out in the garage for the night. Next day the odor was still there. Ended up going to the FLAPS and bought a can of Meguires car deodorizer that you set off like a bug bomb (pull the trigger to start the release, put in car with windows up, blower on, and doors closed) leave for 15 minutes. Next step is to shut off the blower, open windows, and let it air out. The deodorizer worked great. But that's when the next problem popped up. When I pushed the button to lower the passenger window (a window I rarely use) it lowered about 3 inches then dreaded grinding noise appeared. Window would not go up or down without help. So I knew a new power window motor was going to my next project. The motor was an original, with 93k miles on the car. I used the instructions on the ROJ help forum. I found a good bit of old grease in the tracks, which took a while to clean out and replace with new lube. I also found 2 rollers were very stiff and one was locked up. I found an old post by Jim Finn (on the AACA forum) on how to pull off the rollers off and drilling them with a 3/8" drill to get the rollers to spin freely. I found the rollers are on very tight and I was afraid of breaking them while trying to pry it off with pry bars and screw drivers. Then I found my windshield wiper arm puller tool. With the claws adjusted to grab under the center hub of the roller It grabbed tight enough without slipping off. I also needed a small spacer between the metal post inside the roller and the center bolt of the puller. I was able to pop off all 3 rollers without damage. Got the rollers drilled out and snapped back on, and they roll much better. Greased the rollers. Reassembled the track back into the door and reassembled per instructions on ROJ. Now I have working passenger window and a clean smelling car again. Now I am debating whether to do the driver's door motor while everything is fresh in my mind, it is a little slower going down, but I use it all the time. I am attaching a pic of the type puller I used.

Thank you Ronnie. You're top shelf/world class !!

I got this rear wing for free due to my Dad doing some inventory reduction at his automotive accessory store. No Idea what it was intended for specifically, but it fir width wise so I painted it and bolted it on

Thanks for sharing your story. Drives like the one you describe are the reason I keep my Reatta. I don't know any of the places you mentioned but it sounds like a wonderful afternoon cruise. I like him calling his Reatta the old man Corvette. I usually refer to mine as "your grandmother's sportscar". I think I like old man Corvette better.

I'll bet you can find one in California, Washington or Colorado. I don't think I've seen any Reattas posted in Arizona. They exist I'm sure but I have never seen anybody interact online from AZ.

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

The CRT is probably going bad. You could try removing it and cleaning the connections but not likely the problem. Manuals are here: Reatta FSMs I wish I could post the FSMs here on ROJ but I'm afraid GM might come after me since I don't have a license to do so.

Not my Reatta. I wish it was.