atikovi Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I took it apart but couldn't put it back together so got another one at the junkyard. If you can make it work I listed it on eBay at: 1990 Buick Reatta Headlight Switch for Parts | eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HessLakeGuy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 WowI have a new appreciation for anybody that can even attempt to fix something that complicated. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mongeonman Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) I am the highest bidder now.Got it for 61.00. Edited February 20, 2012 by mongeonman (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I am the highest bidder now.Got it for 61.00.Michel,I am glad you got it. I had planned on watching that item and then bidding on it and then forgot, even though I had made a note to myself to do so. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mongeonman Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I hope i can put it back together(i think i can)but will it work?If not i will keep it for spare parts,still worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I hope i can put it back together(i think i can)but will it work?If not i will keep it for spare parts,still worth it.If you want to send it to me i will reassemble it and test it in my personal car and then return it to you. No charge, except for the return shipping.Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atikovi Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 I haven't tested the replacement switch I got at the junkyard yet. I may need that one back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mongeonman Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 If you want to send it to me i will reassemble it and test it in my personal car and then return it to you. No charge, except for the return shipping.Jim Thanks Jim,i may take your offer if i d ont succeed putting it back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HessLakeGuy Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Jim:I have two extra 1990 switches with unknown backrounds that I will ship to you.Do those special boxes that the Post Office sells work well? (I don't have them at this house so it may be a while for me to get them to you.) Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Tom,When I send headlight switches I use the "small" Flat Rate boxes and I always add delivery confirmation. These boxes will hold one or two switches.The small flat rate boxes ship for $ 5.35 and delivery confirmation is $ .75I will send you a prepaid box for you to send me the switches and I will check them out for you.The Post Office has them for free along with all the other sizes of flat rate boxes.I order about 15 different sizes of Priority Mail boxes and they are free and shipped to my home free. Most of the Post Offices do not stock any boxes other than the Flat Rate boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCReatta Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Tom,When I send headlight switches I use the "small" Flat Rate boxes and I always add delivery confirmation. These boxes will hold one or two switches.The small flat rate boxes ship for $ 5.35 and delivery confirmation is $ .75I will send you a prepaid box for you to send me the switches and I will check them out for you.The Post Office has them for free along with all the other sizes of flat rate boxes.I order about 15 different sizes of Priority Mail boxes and they are free and shipped to my home free. Most of the Post Offices do not stock any boxes other than the Flat Rate boxes.I've found that the small flat rate box is too small for a headlight switch with any adequate amount of packing material. I use the slightly larger side loading priority mail box.Also, if you make the label online, delivery confirmation is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atikovi Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Tom,The small flat rate boxes ship for $ 5.35 and delivery confirmation is $ .75FYI if you use Paypal shipping the rate is $5.15 and D.C. is free. You can also use a padded flat rate envelope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 FYI if you use Paypal shipping the rate is $5.15 and D.C. is free. You can also use a padded flat rate envelope.I thought you had to receive payment via PayPal for an item before you could print a shipping label. Has that changed? Just wondering. It's been a while since I shipped anything using PayPal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atikovi Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Just go to the address paypal.com/shipnow and make a shipping label to whoever you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCReatta Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 You can also pay with PayPal from the USPS website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Just go to the address paypal.com/shipnow and make a shipping label to whoever you want.Thanks! I just used it and it worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 You can also pay with PayPal from the USPS website.Thanks Marck. I've always used a credit card on the USPS website. I'll have to keep the PayPal option in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atikovi Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 You can also pay with PayPal from the USPS website.But do they give free D.C. like the Paypal site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCReatta Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 But do they give free D.C. like the Paypal site?Yessir they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kingsley Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Are not Jim and Marck talking about the same box? To me, small flat rate box is the same as small Priority Mail mail box. Both are flat rate and side loaders, I believe.Nothing to lose sleep over, but possibly a bit interesting to those of us who ship a lot of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCReatta Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Are not Jim and Marck talking about the same box? To me, small flat rate box is the same as small Priority Mail mail box. Both are flat rate and side loaders, I believe.Nothing to lose sleep over, but possibly a bit interesting to those of us who ship a lot of stuff.No, you can order small side loading priority mail boxes from the USPS website that are just slightly larger than the small flat rate boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 The "standard" small flat rate box is the SFRB and is 5 3/8 X 8 5/8 X 1 5/8 and ships for $ 5.35This box you fold in half, fold in the locking sides and then the top has a preglued strip on it.It will hold two '88-89 headlight switches.The PO used to have a small flat rate box that was terrible. It was smaller and thinner than the SFRB and you had to do a lot of folding to get it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Follow up and making a short story longer.In reference to my mentioning about another small flat rate box. I was wrong.About a year ago I ordered some boxes from the PO and got these bad boxes, thinking I was getting SFRBs. I took about 30 of them to my local PO so they could give them out to customers as I didn't want them. Today I was at the PO shipping some parts and he still had some of those boxes. The are not a flat rate box but called a 0-DVDS meaning small DVD box. Don't order any of these. They are smaller than an SFRB but are not flat rate and are a problem trying to fold them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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