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  1. I went over the power and ground connections, not expecting to find anything since they were not disturbed during the engine swap, all except the ground under the coils and the large stud at the passengers rear of the engine, behind the power steering pump on the non-s/c engine. I had to remove the alternator to get to that ground stud and while I could not easily move the connections on the stud, I was able to tighten the nut over half a turn. Maybe it will help?? No way to know for now. In any case, everything is clean and secure. I have been making the assumption that the chip and/or interface device has been failing, so I tested that theory this morning. I installed the assembly that had run so poorly just a couple days ago into another ECM, which turned out to be my original one. The engine started, ran very briefly and quit. It did this five or six times in a row, then it started and continued to run on its own. It didn't sound very healthy with a seeming miss audible in the exhaust, but in less than a minute that cleared up and it settled down to a reasonable idle. I drove it a few miles and it doesn't miss a beat, but it has done this before. Why it had a hard time starting and running is a bit of a mystery. A flaw in the previous ECM being adjusted for in the Memcal or chip which came along for installation in a better ECM?? I just don't know. Of course, this begs the question of why installing a different Memcal in the previous ECM, twice, caused everything to return to a seeming normal. Maybe just doing a reset by removing battery ground and reconnecting would have done the same thing? Maybe tightening a harness ground to the engine helped? Only time and some miles will tell if this can be put to bed at last.
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  2. The 'verts original owner was the Buick dealer in Janesville, Wi who bought it for his wife. He later sold it to a guy about 15 miles from me who later decided he would rather own an Allante. He posted it on Ebay where I saw it listed made an offer an bought it. The Red was bought from a guy in Fort Lauderdale who bought it from his employer after she owned it for about 1 year. I bought the Black from a AACA forum member near Madison, Wi. wanting to get out of Reattas and have more garage space. He had purchased it from the original owner also in Madison. So I am the 3rd owner of all 3 of my cars [all drivers].
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  3. Maybe some have already found this, or it has been shared already and I missed it. If so I apologize. Here is the dimension chart for all Monroe products. Might be helpful in finding similar specification parts.monroe-mounting-length-specifications-english.pdf
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  4. I'm not sure what owner I am of my Reatta. It was bought by a lady at a Buick/Chevrolet dealership about 40 miles from here. Then she traded it in at the same dealership for a Corvette. One of the salesman at the dealership bought it and sold to a guy I know who put it on his small used car lot near where I live. I saw it and bought it from him. The title I received has the lady's name and address on the front, and on the back of the title is the name of the dealership where she traded it in, the name of the salesman who bought it from the dealership, and the name of the small car lot where I bought it. There is no sales price listed for any of them, and no sales tax was collected. Where the mileage should be written in it only says "exempt". I don't know if that makes me the second owner or the fifth. Doesn't matter when you have 135k on the clock anyway. It's a just a driver. 🙂
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  5. I am (I believe) the 4th owner of my red '90. But I plan to be the last :). I will drive and enjoy her until she falls apart.
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  6. You'll all be glad to know I've repaired my brake lines so I won't be complaining anymore. With that you might think the brake work was over BUT NO! While attaching the accumulator assy. to the master I discovered the threads were stripped which of course is what you all suspected and easily happens. I just backed the bolt out when I began this adventure and didn't realize there was a bit of damage there so I'm about to try yet another thing I've never done, that of drilling the aluminum hole, rethreading it and installing a helicoil.(sp?) Once done and reassembled, I'll be ready to bleed the lines. Can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to getting my baby out of the garage and cleaning her up, complete with a wax job (I'll send a photo when done) and, after getting her on the road to test things out, return her to the garage and slip a new cover on her. Next challenge in the spring, a windshield and a passenger side window regulator replacement but yes, I realize working on an old car is never done. Please know I appreciate all your help guys and I promise, no more whining!
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