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  1. Orient Express
    That is the brake dust that is stick in the rotor vents. When I wash my wheels, I spray some Simple Green on the rotors and then take the hose or pressure washer to the rotors and wash out all of the accumulated brake dust.
  2. Orient Express
    Removing the dash cover is not hard to do, it is just involved, because of all of the stuff that has to be removed to get the dash cover off. Once all of the instruments, vents, center console stack, etc. are removed, then the dash panel comes off with about 12 screws. Once you have the dash panel off, then it is easy to recover it with new leather.
  3. Orient Express
    If there is a silver lining to this vandalism, is that they used spray paint instead of keying the car. This spray paint will come right off, and with a little buffing it will completely disappear.
  4. Orient Express
    The blade for Porsche Keys is the same as with VW/Audis, and your local VW dealer can cut the blade for you usually for free. There are several vendors on eBay that sell replacement remotes for Porsche both new and used that are under $100. That just leaves getting the key authenticated with the cars security system, and some dealers will do that for free as well or charge less than $75 to do it.
  5. Orient Express
    What would be the best option then? I don't want the viberations to come back for a long time as I plan on keeping the car for a good amount of time. Just replace your existing mounts with new fluid filled ones. Solid mounts are going to transmit all of the engine vibration into the car. As a matter of general maintenance, I budget for motor mount replacement on any car I have that has more than 75K miles.
  6. Orient Express
    Unless you get solid mounts, you can expect to have any liquid filled mount to fail at between 60 ~ 120K miles.
  7. Orient Express
    1. Place floor jack under engine and lift it up to support engine. Don't lift the engine or car, just hold the engine in place. 2. Remove engine airbox and secondary air pump for access to rear motor mounts. 3. Making sure that the jack has the engine supported, remove the nuts on the lower end of the motor mount that holds it to the engine rear crossmember. 4. On the top of each motor mount, remove the 2 bolts holding it to the chassis. Lift the old motor mount out of the chassis. 5. Install new motor mounts, bolt the mount to the chassis first, then install the lower nut and torque it to 67 ft/lb. 6. Remove floor jack. Done.
  8. Orient Express
    The stock stainless tips polish up real nice.
  9. Orient Express
    Very nice. My comments are: It looks like the adapter would interfere with the opening of the glove box, and given that the original iPod form factor is pretty much obsolete, being able to accommodate the itouch and iPhone shape is critical in making this idea successful. Another point to consider is that the subwoofer on 996 and 986 cabriolets is on that side of the upper console. Does your adapter work with that configuration?
  10. Orient Express
    Motor mount replacement for a 9 year old car is not that unusual. You are fortunate that they failed in a way that you were able to see it rather than they fail on the road, and you go for many miles on bad mounts.
  11. Orient Express
    6 hours top, and that is for a "white glove" clutch instal. Your mileage may vary :D When I do one, I like to take all day, simply because I'm my customer and it's fun, because I'm a cheapskate, and I enjoy the sense of accomplishment I get when I do this sort of stuff. I usually start about 8 ~ 9, and get finished by 4. I also spend an hour or two detailing the engine bay as it is easier to clean and wax the bottom of the body when the transaxle is not there.
  12. Orient Express
    Yes, the mount finally failed, which means the other one is not far off from failing too. Just get a new pair and either install them your self of have someone do it. You did nothing wrong, Fluid filled mounts just fail over time. It seems to be inherent in the design, no matter if you have a Porsche, Audi, MB, or BMW. They all fail.
  13. Orient Express
    If I have a lift available, I can do an R&R in about 3 hours if you include some breaks for coffee. Any Porsche tech that is any good can beat that time however.
  14. Orient Express
    The only problem with these cables is that they do not charge the iPod while it is in the car. The Becker cable does charge.
  15. Orient Express
    California is one of the largest users of Porsches as Highway Patrol cars.
  16. Orient Express
    It should work just fine. You will just need to get the Porsche P/N pigtail cable that connects the mirror to the fuse panel and reverse signal lead. It is about $12.
  17. Orient Express
    I usually just pull my engine to wash it off. It also allows me to polish the inside of the engine compartment. newengine.jpg :D
  18. Orient Express
    you mean you want this?
  19. Orient Express
    Try lubricating the windshield header and side window gaskets with a spray silicone lubricant. Before you do this, wipe down the gaskets with a cleaner like Simple Green to remove the built up dirt and gunk. This will significantly quiet the top as it flexes.
  20. Orient Express
    It took me about an hour to wire it in and it cost a 4 ft piece of wire and a crimp connector.
  21. Orient Express
    The brake pad wear light might be on because the pads are worn down, or one of the brake pad sensors might have been damaged from the corrosion buildup on the rotors. Never the less, a visual inspection of all 4 axles is in order.
  22. Orient Express
    I knew exactly who he was, I just wanted the rest of you to know as well!
  23. Orient Express
    I just use highly diluted Simple Green and a pressure washer on the engine and under carriage. I did get quite a deal on the replacement tank, never pay retail!
  24. Orient Express
    This last weekend I was up in the Sierra with my 2002 996 driving pretty fast in 100+ weather at 8000 ft. Needless to say I was surprised to find a puddle of coolant under the expansion tank the next morning. (My apologies for having such a filthy engine compartment, but we just came back from a 1K trip.) So yesterday, I R&R'd the coolant tank, and here are my notes. 1. It appears that the car is built around the coolant tank, so everything works much easier if you completely remove the airbox, and the secondary air pump to get at it. They are very easy to remove. I also drained some of the coolant out using the drain plug on the engine. I ended up taking out about 1 and a half gallons of coolant out. 2. Even after disconnecting all of the coolant hoses, removing the tank sensor, and the fuel injection rail end plug, I still could not get the tank out. 3. So I ended up sticking my jack under the engine, removing the 2 motor mount lower attachment bolts, and lowering the engine about 2 inches. 4. This gave me enough room to cleanly remove the tank. 5. After that, it was a breeze to install the new tank. 6. When replacing the coolant, it is best to pour the fluid through a sieve to catch any crap that may have found its way into the coolant. Hope this helps.
  25. Orient Express
    Since I am fairly low this is exactly what I do to get the rear up in the air in one shot. Every good Porsche shop has a pair of 2x4s in the back just for this use.
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