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About 80,000 miles ago I did the Eldorado rear brake swap. About two weeks ago I got some grinding coming from the rear wheels and figured it was time for rear brakes. So to be sure I ordered rear calipers from Advance Auto [in case the caliper plunger wouldn't retract] and already had rear rotors and pads in my parts bin. Went to Kendalls to also do a brake flush. Discovered that a pad had delaminated and had disappeared leaving me only the mounting plate. But as long as I was there did pads, both rotors and am keeping one caliper as both rear calipers were in good working order [both sides use the same caliper as one is mounted on the front of the wheel, the other on the back]. As there was about half the pad remaining I probably wouldn't of had to do the brakes at all at 80,000 miles except for the failure of that one pad. Long life due to mostly highway miles and that the front brakes does most of the stopping. And the front pads and rotors were done about a month ago.

My 1990 underhood light only comes on when the headlights are on

Hi, I noticed. that my under hood light has never worked, when I grounded the base of the light the light comes on.

I see a rear caliper for sale for an '88 Reatta on RockAuto (last category on the attached list): 1988 BUICK REATTA 3.8L 231cid V6 Caliper | RockAuto. I suggest that your mechanic didn't look too far.

Need a rear caliper for '88 Reatta. My mechanic did a search a couldn't find one. Thought I'd check here. As always appreciate any information you all can give. 😊

I got about 200,000 miles on the first fuel pump and then twice since then. Headlight motors never, the lift kits once. I did have to do the stops a couple of times. Power antenna also was twice. I swapped out the Magnavox coil pack years ago and the Delco failed me once.

Dave, how about the fuel pump, power windows, power antenna, and headlight motors .............? Those items never last ...............

Thanks for the information. I will work on the post this evening.

Today I put on the Red in the last 16 years 215,000 miles of my own on top of the 111,000 that were on it when I bought it. So I am up to 326,000 miles. My Reatta has treated me well. I am on the second engine [bought by me] and the third transmission [last one bought by me] but surprisingly other then that I am on the 4th rack and pinion it has been pretty straight forward on repairs. Brake pads/rotors, wheel bearings, tie rods, ball joints, struts, fuel filters, radiators, water pumps, harmonic balancer/ crank sensor and ABS sensor leads. But the "silver boxes" have served me well as have the IPC and CRT. Interior I did the dash [twice], seats [once] carpet, visors, ceiling head liner, and drivers inner door panel. It also has been painted with an after market sunroof installed. Total cost invested with purchase price? Less then $25,000. I spent over $65,000 on cars for my wife in the same time frame and had repairs and replacement parts in her car bringing the total even higher. I know there are more smaller parts I bought for the Red, but overall I am very happy with my car and glad I bought a Reatta and hope it continues to serve me well.

Advance Auto has a special going on brake calipers. I bought one each right and left front calipers for $45.00 delivered. That includes a $3.00 and $5.00 core which I cannot take advantage of because I am going to store them until needed.

Sure. As long as you post a price, location of the car, and how you want to be contacted by a potential buyer. Photos and a good description help a lot when selling a car.

A friend of mine passed away and left a 1989 Reatta. His wife asked me if I could sell it for her. So I put the car on facebook market place I had one scammer and one pair of Michel Jordon tennis shoes. I placed an ad in the Indiana Auto & RV. The only person to answer the ad was another scammer. I would like to know if I can place an ad to sell the Reatta on the forum?

Thanks everyone I was lucky enough to find another black one. Thanks Again - Larry

Try Rock Auto.

I’m pretty sure these are the dimensions

Are there any known substitutes for the sway bar bushing that goes to the strut bracket? I can’t find them anywhere and think there’s gotta be some off another Buick that would work.

You can try www.car-part.com or Row52. I have an extra one in my basement [not for sale] and there are about 6-8 Reattas at You Pick yards within 80 miles of me. You could also check Facebook and buy a Reatta and have a bunch of parts as well.

Good Morning, Does any have a windshield to sell, or a line on where to get one? Thank You

Today the screen has randomly turned on and is working and staying on. I assume that when I turn the car off it will also probably not come back on today be let’s see

I have an odd pair. One Reatta strut, one Riv strut [air strut, but instructions enclosed for stripping the bladder enclosed. $175.00 for the pair plus freight. PM me if interested.

Yeah next year I sell

I had my head somewhere I won't mention and I certainly missed the fact it is a 91😖 As mentioned above, it is a completely different system and I believe conventional bleeding methods will work just fine. My bad.

That is a front strut cartridge. As mentioned above, there was a ton of research done on this forum to find viable options for the rear struts. Read through the thread and hopefully your questions will be answered Options for replacing rear struts needed. - Reatta Owners Journal Forum - Reatta Owners Journal Forums

No brake pump on a '91 model. To my knowledge it's just a standard dual master cylinder with a vacuum booster. The booster has a hose that connects it to the intake manifold. The Bosch ABS unit is a separate system connected to the master cylinder. It controls the braking to each wheel when it detects a wheel is locking up during a hard braking or on wet pavement. Even though it may use different brand parts, my GMC pickup has basically the same system.

I have a 91, so no accumulator. No need to pump pedal to relieve pressure at all then. Dumb mistake. It’s totally my fault I didn’t read close enough but I feel it’d be useful to have a separate how-to/info for the Bosch Break system. I’m having a hard time finding information on it. Ive been looking into it now but still am unsure of a few things and don’t have my car at home to go look at. Is there still a pump in the Bosch system? I read it’s a conventional vacuum system and I know some are connected to the engine. Any info on the Bosch system or a link to a related thread would be much appreciated