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  1. Orient Express
    Try spraying some down in the crack between the steering wheel and the steering column cover, and turn the wheel back and forth to spread it, and see if that stops it. If the spray has one of those little plastic tubes on it, stick the tube down in the crack to spray some on the face of the contact ring. What can happen is that the spring contact blade on the wheel itself can get some fine debris (or dirt or sand) stuck in it and that is what you hear dragging across the contact ring. lubricating the contact area can break the debris free (sometimes). If that fails, then you need to take the wheel off, and clean the contact area, then re-lubricate it. I've had other cars that have had the exact same problem. If it is dirt, don't let it go to long, as it will wear a groove in the contact ring.
  2. Orient Express
    Take off the steering wheel and lubricate the electrical contact ring for the horn switch.
  3. Orient Express
    Instead of 2 sided adhesive tape, use RTV silicone adhesive (available at a home improvement store). It will hold the rings in better, and can be cleaned up with isopropyl alcohol. Do not in any case use "super glue". The reason I suggest this is that the tape is prone to failure over time, and is very difficult to apply to the insides of the rings without damaging them. Before installing the trim rings, lay them on a flat surface and make sure that they are plumb. If they are warped a bit, gently twist them ever so gently to get them to lay flat. Do some trial fits on your instrument cluster to make sure that they fit correctly. Be careful with the pieces as they are very fragile, and can bend easily. Next apply a thin bead of the silicon adhesive to the insides of the trim rings. Do one at a time. Press the trim ring in place, and if necessary use masking tape to hold them snugly in place, and let the adhesive dry overnight. If any excess adhesive came out from behind the trim ring, use Isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol which is available at a drug store) to remove the excess. The alcohol acts as a release agent for the silicone, so it comes right off. If you ever decide to remove the rings, the silicone adhesive will clean right off with Isopropyl alcohol. and will not discolor, mar, or damage the plastic cluster lenses.
  4. Orient Express
    It is much easier to simply polish the stainless steel tips on a buffing wheel. They come out looking great, and are easier and cheaper to maintain than trying to chrome plate them. Here is another article on the subject.
  5. Orient Express
    Sure, pulling the relay will disable the "quiet" mode all together. But many (including myself) want to be able to control the muffler, and make it quiet when wanted. To do that, the relay needs to be in place, so to avoid the speed "quiet" mode, the disconnection of the speedometer wire is necessary. PSE sounds great most of the time, but there are other times when "silence is golden". :D
  6. Orient Express
    Sure, the internals for things like relays are always being redesigned for cost reduction, reliability, parts availability, etc. But the PSE electronics circuit for the 996 has not changed, nor has the functionality of the relay. That is why you can swap out one PSE relay version for another. I never was a big fan of cutting the diode in the relay to disable the 28-45 mph silent mode for PSE. It is much more sensible to just remove the Speedometer A signal line (the Pink/Grey wire) to the relay.
  7. Orient Express
    What do you mean by that? 99-04 electronics are all the same. In the early 2002 factory installs of PSE the dash switch was not included, but it is an easy retrofit.
  8. Orient Express
    996 Jackstand placement Click here for info on putting your 996 up on Jackstands Author Orient Express Category Carrera (996) - Maintenance Submitted 12/19/2005 07:33 AM Updated 03/17/2017 05:13 AM
  9. Orient Express
    Click here for info on putting your 996 up on Jackstands
  10. Orient Express
    Now look on the backside of the plug that you are pulling out this relay from and find a pink/grey wire. That is the one that you need to cut, or just follow it back to the jumper plug and remove it from there.
  11. Orient Express
    Why cover up the airbag sticker when you can remove it for that real Euro look? It is just a decal. Here is how you do it
  12. Orient Express
    You do not have to remove it to pass your wiring to the center lighting bezel. Just remove the sunvisor clip. The top trim piece will be loose now, and you can feed the wiring in from the front side of the trim panel. You can take off the center light assembly to make it a little easier in running the wires.
  13. Orient Express
    The A pillar trim is the covering on the inside of the windshield trim. It is just held in with 2 spring clips and pulls right out. The only thing you need to do to prep for this is to remove the sunvisor mount in the top corner of the windshield frame. The mount has 2 torx screws under a little trim cover. Remove the sunvisor, then grab hold of the A pillar trim from the top, pull toward the middle of the dashboard and up.
  14. Orient Express
    I wired up the right side rear fog lamp on my 996, I took the power from the left lamp on the harness behind the rear light assembly connector, ran a wire over to the right wring harness connector. If you do it this way, then you can unplug the lamp assembly from the wiring harness and still remove it from the car. Just remove the left lamp assembly and follow the wire from the rear fog lamp back to the connector.
  15. Orient Express
    The switch illumination LED is polarized. Make sure that you have it connected correctly to the power source. try reversing the leads to see if that works
  16. Orient Express
    What you need is a key cover upgrade! Available at your local Porsche Dealer or through Sun Coast Porsche.
  17. Orient Express
    Ask any factory trained Porsche mechanic where they put the jack to lift the rear of the car, and they will tell you that it is on the centerline of the engine case just behind the sump cover. Remember that you are not leaving the car suspended with just that one lift point. It is only for as long as it takes you to put the jack stands under the rear lift points on the car. As long as you do not lift on the sump cover, you will be fine, and your engine and its mounting points can take a lot more stress than from just having the motor mounts compressed when lifting up the car via the engine. If you have a long and low enough jack, you can use the subframe too, but most folks don't have a jack that will reach that far, plus there is no advantage from lifting from the subframe anyway. This car is pretty damm rigid especially in the drive train area.
  18. Orient Express
    Some folks that do not have GPS navigation, put the Satellite antenna under the center cover on the top of the dashboard between the defroster vents.
  19. Orient Express
    What is a "Flocking" panel? And how can you tell if it is flocked up? :)
  20. Orient Express
    George: The header squeak/rattle can be solved on both hardtop and softtop cars by keeping the header gasket lubricated. This is the number one source of most noise. Since your car is recently acquired, chances are it has not been lubed up in a while. The other thing you can do is to raise the top halfway and spray some lubricant on the various pivots and hinges that are in the top mechanism. Sorry to hear about your tooth. That sort of stuff is no fun.
  21. Orient Express
    Manually raise the spoiler and from the top spray some WD-40 down the tubes on each side that house the shafts that support the spoiler. then raise it and lower it manually a few time until the action is smooth.
  22. Orient Express
    Most of the rattles and creaks can be quieted by a good coat of silicon lubricant spray on the windshield header gasket and side window gaskets, some lithium grease in the rear latch barrels, and wrapping the hardtop rear locking pins with teflon tape. There are also 2 alignment tabs on the front corners of the hardtop that go into corresponding recesses on the windshield header above the sunvisor pivot arm mount. Applying a little grease to those tabs will also quiet the rattling noise. The little caps that go over the rear locking pin access holes can rattle as well. Some tape on the snap tabs will make them fit a little more snugly. Because there are only 5 attachment points for the top, of which 3 have latches on them, the top will flex no matter what you do, so the more the top is lubricated at the major flex points, the quieter it will be. The major source of "rattle" noise is from the windshield header gasket getting dry and rubbing against the hardtop. Keeping that gasket lubricated will keep it quiet. I can tell you from experience that if the gaskets are lubricated prior to installing the hardtop, the car with the hardtop is quite a bit quieter, and will get better gas milage. I'm not sure that the top contributes to any increased rigidity however.
  23. Orient Express
    My roof in my garage is too low for a hoist, and space is also at a premium, so I bought a wall mount from Porsche, and stuck the hardtop in my home office closet. The arrangement works fine, as I only move the top onto the car once a year. The rack cost about $300 at the local Porsche Dealer.
  24. Orient Express
    George: A hardtop weighs about 75 pounds and is about 69" L X 55" W x 14" high. I would imagine that you will need to construct a crate of some sort to ship it with, and will need to use a freight company to do the transit. The 996 hardtops are all the same, but for 2003 and later, the latching mechanism was not included on the car. You should be fine, as your car should have all of the bits already installed on the car.
  25. Orient Express
    That brown stuff is Cosmoline. If you have a oil leak, it will feel like oil.
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