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The Torx is either a 50 or 55 mm. You have to drill out the rivets. Your replacement will come with nuts and bolts to reinstall. Watch ebay for FSM. They show up every so often.

I'm new to ROJ, Reatta newbie here, an admirer since they were new, and now finally a proud owner of a Select 60. One of my other classic cars is a 1958 Edsel, hence my screen name. The simplicity of 1950's cars has made ownership and DIY work fairly simple in comparison to the daunting complexity of cars of Reatta's vintage. I only considering buying a Reatta knowing this and other forums with expert knowledge and parts are available. Thanks in advance to Reatta owners and gurus for sharing your advice. I hope to enjoy many years of happy Reatta motoring! My first challenge is now resolved, with stumbling performance problems fixed by converting the ignition system from Magnavox to Delco. Lesson learned: an old ICM from a donor car in a wrecking yard is an iffy proposition. The first Delco ICM I installed was from a 1998 Pick-a-Part donor, and was no better than the Magnavox it replaced. A brand new Delco D1977A from Rock Auto solved the problem. My Reatta runs great now. Second challenge needs advice please. The instrument cluster lights up intermittently when the ignition key is switched on. When it lights up, it's perfect. Other times, it's dark. When turning the ignition key, if I hear a slight relay click from the passenger side of the instrument panel, the cluster will light up. If I don't hear that relay click, sure enough the cluster doesn't light up. If I turn the key off and try again, eventually I will hear that relay click and the cluster lights up. Sometimes multiple restarts are needed to finally get that relay click and cluster function. When it lights up, it's bright and perfect. I bought the shop manual set. After some reading the shop manual, am I correct in thinking there might be a BCM problem? It seems the BCM is behind the glovebox, which is where I seem to hear that relay click when the cluster lights up. I see Rock Auto sells rebuilt BCM's for $97.79 + $28 core. I don't want to start replacing costly components taking wild guesses, but if the experts say the BCM is the likely culprit, I'll buy one. How difficult is the BCM to access and swap? The Rock Auto listing says "Plug & Play, no programming required." Is the BCM the likely culprit? Next project: flushing the old brake fluid, replacing rubber brake hoses, installing a rebuilt accumulator. My original accumulator is only good for 1-2 brake presses before the pump runs. I will follow the how-to guide for this job.

Welcome to the forum! Try East Coast Reatta Parts for the rear struts.

The instructions were very helpful and the job went quickly. The old mounts were in pretty good condition. I met 2seater for lunch yesterday and I gave them to him as he and his sons collectively have more Reattas then me and I am sure one day will need them.

'90 thru '91 Reatta and '90 thru '93 Riviera had that dash controls setup....and interchangeable within those years and models.

As an aside, your photos show a really significant change in dash controls as compared to my '89. Without knowing you have a '91 Reatta, I wouldn't have been able to guess that the vehicle you were highlighting was a Reatta! And a convertible with only 13,000 miles is amazing!!

So I was driving down Midway Road in Menasha [for the benefit of 2seater] when a guy pulled up next to me and gave me a "thumbs up" on my Reatta. I wave d back and shortly pulled into a vacant store's parking lot to do some paperwork. As I was sitting there the guy circled back and said that he wasn't stalking me but wanted to let me know that his grandfather had a Reatta years back and he always liked them. I asked him if it was a 1990 or newer one and he wasn't sure so I showed him some of the features of the touch screen. He was really impressed, so hope I made another friend today...