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The reatta hit 140k today

Went to a car show today. First in a long while due to last years cancellations. I didn't "show" my Reatta, but cruised to the site and parked nearby - the only Reatta there. A Buick aficionado (who had a Gran Sport, a GNX clone, and another Buick, I forget what) was especially interested. After all these years, it still garners attention.

I use this type on my weather stripping around doors, windows, trunk lid, etc. As above, spray on a cloth rag and apply liberally.

Yes, seems like few even know it exists.

The 'vert and the Red both have wooden steering wheels so sun is less of an issue.

I usually put a towel on top of the steering wheel when need to park in the sun.

I usually just rub a little leather dressing on the rubber door seals when I'm doing the seats. I noticed yesterday that I'm developing cracks in the top of my steering wheel. I put leather dressing on it. Don't know what else to do to stop the cracking. The car is in the garage 95 percent of the time out of the sun but the steering when does get a lot of sun when driving.

Yeah I've done similar things too. Really the only bad mistake is the one that you don't learn from. I once made a dumb mistake during a head gasket job that caused me to have to almost start from the beginning. I admire your determination. You'll get it and come out the other end a better mechanic.

I think the car referenced above has been visited by a few people on this forum, including my #1 son just last week😉. As I mentioned some time ago the red car is back in #2 sons possession. We finally had the opportunity to look into the power steering fluid leak. We knew the pressure hose from the pump was seeping and have had the new hose assembly since last fall. It had developed a second leak of power steering fluid by the left front corner. The cooler up front was previously replaced with an aftermarket unit. It turned out the connecting hose had developed a leak inside the split loom covering so we replaced all of the hose between the cooler and the steel line on the frame rail. Nice and dry now. We still need to address the strange brake issue and appreciate the previous suggestions, but that’s for another day.

I really like white Reattas!

That frequently happens with these cars. Body parts are hard to come by compared to others cars and expensive to ship because of their size. Body shop labor has got so high sometimes it doesn't make sense to repair them.