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If it turns out to be a problem with the IPC there is a group that does a repair service through ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/180679170713?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=gP7HehltTgC&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=Y1qCGKerT_i&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I have not tried them but they have many satisfied reviews. If I recall they had a more expensive option where you could buy a repaired unit rather than sending yours in. It might have even included a core that you get back if you then send your broken one in. I considered using their service on mine, but I elected to purchase a working one from Jim Finn. If it ever goes out again I think I will give them a try. All that said, try what the others have suggested first.

I unfortunately cannot find those photos. I think I took them with my camera instead of my phone and I cannot find that memory card. However I did find these. These were the only two pieces of trim I had to remove to get to them. Then you have to lie awkwardly on your back and look up to the passenger side of the steering column. Any long screwdriver or extra long nose pliers etc. that you can employ to help you is good. If I recall I could squeeze my hand up and touch them. I will also say, the seats are really easy to remove and re-install if you wanted to do that to give yourself more room to lie down to work.

Update: So equipped with a better soldering gun I re-did that splice as well as most of the others both under the passenger and driver's seats. There were a couple I left alone because they looked fine. The ones under the passenger seat were very bad. A couple fell apart taking the tape off. Now for the bad news, fuse #2 still blows :P. The work was not for naught though as it did clear up another issue that I assumed was related to the body fuse issue, but apparently was not. That said, I'm going to cut that splice 311 back apart and troubleshoot from there. It was one of my first splices and I'm not real happy with the soldering job on it so I was kind of wanting to re-do it anyway. My technique got much better 3 or so splices in and from there I was real happy with them. One lesson learned though. The wiring was pretty well tarnished. Even stripping the insulation back the wire underneath was black in most cases. One of my biggest struggles was getting the wire clean enough to take the solder. A little research online, I found a guy that works on boats (highly corrosive environment) that used muriatic acid to clean contacts. I tried it and it worked fantastic. My procedure was to dip just the tip of the stripped wire into a can with a small amount of the acid and let sit for 5 or so seconds. The wire comes out almost perfectly clean. Then dip into water with baking soda to neutralize any remaining acid, wipe dry with a paper towel and then wipe down with rubbing alcohol for a final clean. That saved my fingers from a lot of rubbing with sand paper, which is what I tried first and concluded "there has to be an easier way." Thank you Chemistry. EDIT: Here is the youtube video I found https://youtu.be/mMF5bhbucro?si=ip5vALkUCoUKHBRC For those interested muriatic acid is Hydrochloric acid (HCl) and can be bought at home depot as a strong concrete etcher/cleaner. It is nasty stuff so you want to follow all the precautions on the bottle for sure. Baking soda works well as a neutralizing agent. HCl does not react with copper, but reacts strongly with copper oxide. It will cause copper to corrode faster because as it reacts with the copper oxide it continuously exposes fresh copper to oxidation, so it is important to get it all off the copper after the cleaning is done.

I have your Rock Auto Reatta magnet on my refrigerator!!

Oh man. I replaced mine a while back but kept the old one in the hope that I could clean out the buttons. I'm going to try this!

I haven't posted that many photos of my Reatta, but was going Through some old photos and found these. The day I bought her in Louisville KY. October 12 2019: Stopped off at this Advanced Auto to buy a new radiator cap, the first of many repairs. She's sitting next to my park avenue ultra which I have since sold :'( With the top down just after a wash The Rock Auto Magnet photo submission Brand new kicks! Trip to Brevard NC for anniversary with the wife. Washing "daddy's fast car" Big Stack O' Rock Auto Magnets