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  1. I was there for the 80's. I'm well aware of the Buick V6 history going back to the Odd fire ones from the sixties sold to Jeep and luckily back again. Based on the reasons you mentioned, I think the 3800 LN3 to Series 3 engines were a different animal from the 3.8. There were FWD forms before the 3800. Even Turbo Charged ones. Sorry I can't be all negative about DD. I guess it was just about the exposure and entertainment value that I thought was ok. Your correct, the vids are fluffy and not intended for car guys. I'm not a Boomer but been driving Buicks since 83. I keep cars forever so there haven't been that many. I guess I know enough to be dangerous:-) My past Buicks 70 GS 350 70 Skylark 70 GS Stage 1 76 Regal 350 Sport Coupe 84 Regal non turbo V6 90 Reatta convertible 99 Regal GS Supercharged Current cars 90 Reatta Convertible 12 Lacrosse Premium 1
  2. Doug Demuro is one the most popular automotive Youtubers with 4.4 million subscribers. He has reviewed some of most expensive cars in the world and the fact that he even reviewed a Reatta is a pretty good compliment. It's good to have top Youtubers reviewing Reatta's. I wish there were more. The part I liked the least was when he dumped on the 3800. Not taking in account it may be garden variety in the years since but in 1988 it was a brand-new design not boring at all. Furthermore, it's one of the most reliable engines of the 20th century. Yeah, he could have picked a better example and all his facts where not perfect. He could have also focused more on the mechanicals like the Braking system etc. but all his videos are like that. He also may have held the car to a too modern standard. With all that being said, I mostly liked the review, and he did have some good things to say. I consider the review one of better ones out there as there are not many. At least it was somewhat entertaining.
  3. Sorry to be late to the party.... After much trial and error this fit perfectly on the bottom of the spring for the OEM Spectrum Stuts. Amazon says it doesn't fit but it does. For the top I reused to old ones. Just rotated them a bit.
  4. My Reatta is running better as well the little I have been able to drive it. Found this informative Know How video I recommend watching if you haven't already. However, I don't know what to make of the TPS voltage being a wider range. Assuming all LN3 years are the same. Perhaps I don't understand what they mean by Closed Throttle or perhaps they are talking about TBI Mode maybe the test equipment involved?
  5. Ok I adjusted it to .400 volts and at full throttle its at 4.20 volts (4.22 with the floor mat removed). Is that too much? Perhaps I should of set it to .380. I will look into the O2 sensor as it still has that fuel rich smell when you first start it. Too much snow/salt for a test drive. There are no codes. Thanks
  6. My Reatta has rich burn smell in closed loop, gets bad gas mileage and sort of backfire or pops sometimes under hard acceleration when you let off the gas. Thanks to this tread I decided to check my TPS voltage and its at .134 Volts at idle. I assume it can be adjusted. Not sure how to do that. I messed with it once so it's probably not installed correctly. Just loosen the screws and move it a little? Thanks!
  7. Did you ever sell the car? I need it like hole in the head but I might be interested. I have a High Mileage 1990 Convertible and I'm Local. Dedham
  8. I was able to find the spring from a few sources. The listings say its for older gm cars and trucks but I'm confident it will work. I'll put it all back together. If it doesn't work that's ok. Thanks
  9. Barney, I purchased one of the Cap kits from you last summer, thanks. At the time didn't think to test my lock assembly and I just noticed it doesn't trigger the latch solenoid. Apparently, I always use the Key fob or Glove box to open the trunk. Anyway started troubleshooting and after reading this thread I noticed I'm missing the return spring that goes around the cylinder. Pretty sure I never had it. Other troubleshooting steps I took.... There is power to the Connector. It has 3 wires going in and only 2 out. Is that right? I believe I read in the shop manual that this is some sort of running change. So I assume it good. I also cleaned up the lock but so far no go in my test. I tried grounding the lock cylinder to see if that would help but still no joy. Do you (or anybody else) have a Spring possibly another lock cylinder to sell? Any advice would also be appreciated. Thanks!
  10. This is how the harness is connected now. After rerouting the grounds, there were less problems but the headlight not turning off and retracting was still there. However I just received a third set of relays (free) from Octane Lighting. Installed those and magic everything works properly. So apparently the main problem was the relays. I confirmed this by swapping them out again and the problem to came back. Good to go now. Thanks everyone for your help. I paid top dollar for this harness. Looks like there are other far cheaper choices on Ebay/Amazon as low as 16.00. I recommend trying one of those. Its not like you get anything for the extra $ spent. Funny both Amazon and Ebay say this product is not compatible with Reatta's.
  11. I am currently using the G100 or G102 (cant remember) terminal for the ground on the right side. I will run both the grounds to the Isolated Ground Junction block and let you know how I make out. Thanks everyone for the tips!
  12. Yes my car has the extra relays but they don't address the headlight door and other ground issues when you install LED headlights. At least not in my experience. My goal is to be able to upgrade to LED headlights without any modification to existing oem harness.
  13. Wait sorry I do have that Black electronics ground Box. I will give that a try Thanks
  14. My 90 doesn't have the Black Ground Box. It does have 2 other ground points near the battery I used one of those. I did however clean every ground point I could find on the car to include the one on the engine. Did that a while back. SoCal car so there is virtually no corrosion. I will redo the ground on the drivers side. It would be nice to know if anyone with a late 90/91 car got this harness to work.
  15. Thanks I cheeped out and ended up using the 3/8 24 brake hoses I already purchased. The main problem with the them is that they use a Inverted flare instead of a Bubble and I could not find an adapter. My solution was to purchase a 8 inch long brake line that had a 10mm Bubble on one end and a 3/8 24 Inverted in the other. Then cut the line to 2 inches and re-flare the Inverted end. Then I added a double female coupler to the Bubble end. Not the greatest but it works...
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