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Looks like you're making good progress. Bringing a car back to life can be a lot of fun. Just be prepared for the day after. Bengay ☑️ Ibuprofen ☑️ Neosporin ☑️ Three days to recover. ☑️ ? ?

Worked on a friends 1948 Ford Prefect with a couple of friends Tuesday so took a break from the Reatta but back at it today. Younger son came over today to continue the resurrection. He will be the paper owner but destined for grandson. He worked on swapping the best interior parts into the new car. Lots of small things so far, console lid, drivers door threshold, lower door opening trim etc. Would have swapped just the drivers seat back but lacked the large torx bit for the hinge bolt. Could swap the entire seat but the outer seat bolster is more flattened from use in the donor so a combination of seat parts would work best. Discovered the vacuum tee near the cruise module was missing a hose and then found the vacuum football nipple is broken off and will need replacement. Son was in process of swapping the drivers door interior panel and discovered the reason the courtesy light in the door doesn’t work, the wire is broken in the harness at the hinge point. This is a typical failure that I actually repaired on what is now the donor vehicle, but it was the seat power. It is a poor design where the two ends of the harness and covering bellows are directly opposite each other forcing the harness to bend and flex each time the door is moved. The ends should be offset so the harness rotates rather than bends. The drivers door is actually a replacement from a 90 so hopefully there is a harness connection that can be opened to be able to remove the door intact to facilitate replacing everything shaky looking. Meanwhile I removed all the rear brake lines, cleaned up and relocated the brake proportioner to the crossmember. New lines bent up and installed for both rear wheels and started the routing of the new line toward the front where a solid splice can be made. After cleanup the original fuel tank was sprayed with undercoating. Leaving it out until brake and fuel line repair is complete. I did locate a replacement fuel door hinge from Jim Finn, thanks Jim, and is on the way.

I believe RockAuto lists the correct brake light switch for a '91 Reatta. There are three brands listed but only one switch design. Here is a link to the switch I think you need: https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/buick,1991,reatta,3.8l+v6,1019922,electrical-switch+&+relay,brake+light+switch,10474