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  1. JFP in PA
    Item #4:
  2. JFP in PA
    Upper idler (M10X145) 34 ft. lb. Lower idler (M8X55) 17 ft. lb. Spring loaded tensioner (M10X30) 7.5 ft. lb. If you are reusing the original bolts, use Loctite 270 on them and the factory bolts were originally microencapsulated with a thread locker.
  3. JFP in PA
    Just about everyone we see in the shop makes some noise, particularly on a cold start up. You always could have an additional issue, but these things just make some noise. If you are concerned it is something in excess of normal, have your shop look into it, if for no other reason than to put your mind at rest.
  4. JFP in PA
    The turbo cars all tend to be slightly noisy at cold start up, nothing unusual.
  5. JFP in PA
    Not really, it is over as far as I am concerned.
  6. JFP in PA
    It gets its power from the Tiptronic controller (rear boot), which has its own fuse (fuse holder C, circuit C5, 15A) which supplies all power for the Tip:
  7. JFP in PA
    No, it does not. The wiring and reverse switch itself are under the car and on the transmission itself:
  8. JFP in PA
    You can probably pick up a reverse signal off the flat ribbon cable coming off the Tip, but you are going to need a wiring diagram before you start trying to cut into the cable as they are expensive to replace.
  9. JFP in PA
    I don't see how selling the M96 recouped the cost for doing the swap, as the numbers you posted for parts alone without including the purchase price for LS engine unit exceeds what we just paid for a clean M96 by $1K, and there is nothing "hypothetical" about that.................
  10. JFP in PA
    We just had a clean, stock 1999 C2 in the shop last week for a PPI, the owner was asking fifteen and change for it. A quick search turns up several others in a similar price range. Using your numbers from the previous posts, $4K for the kit, $1k for wiring and misc., and say $5k for a nice LS unit; you are at $10K before labor. If the C2 is stock form was worth mid teens (use $15K) before you started, and using $0 for your labor, you broke even (or very near to it) selling the car for $25K. Selling the M96 (I just purchased one for a customer, low miles in very nice condition for $4K), and you recouped some three to four or so $K. Knowing what we charge to do a direct like for like swap on an M96 (and I can assure you that no independent in this geography gets anywhere near "$150+/hr.", which exceeds even dealer labor rates), and using that for a labor recover estimate, you are still very near break even. And I do not believe for one second you sold the M96 for the $10K just estimated the swap cost you at $0 for your labor.
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    What I'm having an extremely had time getting my head around is: I've replaced more than a few M96's in my shop, and absolutely none of them came anywhere near $20K. You stated that the LS swap should cost about $20K all in. You sold a 1999 C2 that was probably worth mid teens as it stood before the swap for $25K after the $20K (your numbers) swap. Somehow, the numbers are just not making sense.
  12. JFP in PA
    Then according to what you have posted so far, you got $20K for the M96? What am I missing here? That 3.4L is nowhere near worth $20K.
  13. JFP in PA
    How so? According to your "blog", you started with what appeared to be a running and fairly clean 199 C2, that had to be worth something at least in the mid teens just as it was before you started, so if you add that to the $20K to do the swap, you had to have had well more than $25K in the car. This is were I, and I'm sure others, are having difficulties with the economics involved.
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    So let's see; it cost $20K to do, and you sold it for $25K, and you consider that a positive? It was an interesting project, but just not everyone's "cup of tea".............
  15. JFP in PA
    Three pages into the post and you still seem to have trouble focusing. Whether he was joking or not, white out was talking about putting an LS engine into a 996. The purists I was referring to are the ones that would think it sacrilegious stuffing a Chevy engine into a Porsche. Talk about missing the point. Anyway, there are only a few hours left in the year. Maybe you'll learn to not let things bother you too much in '15. Happy New Year, all! :D Being "sacrilegious" never entered into the conversation. The LS swap is an expensive proposition that typically ends up both reducing the resale value of the car as well as dramatically shrinking the pool of potential buyers for the car; all of which is purely economic rather than religious in nature.
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    I would get that in writing as part of a "money back guarantee" before you consider buying it. Tools, like the Autologic system, which does and excellent job on Porsches and many other cars, opens at around $12K set up for Porsche, +yearly updates, + other make modules. And please do not post multiple copies of the same post in different areas of RennTech (I already removed your duplicate posting), it violates the terms you agreed to when you joined. The reason I posted in both forums Cayenne and 996 is I'm fortunate to own both of them and I wanted to hear from both clans on their experience on either vehicle. Is it possible to repost back to Cayenne Forum as well? We have a forum section titled "Diagnostics, Tips and Diagnostic Tools" which is specifically for the discussion of diagnostic tools or systems for use on or across any Porsche models; in the future I would suggest posting similar topics there.
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    That probably has to do with the "cross pollination" between the Cayenne and the VW's. We constantly hear about people using VAG COM or Ross Tech diagnostics successfully on the Cayenne, while that same tools can do little on the other Porsche models, and the Durametric is just the opposite.
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    You guys north of the border are getting hammered on price, it sells for $970 here on Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/Autel-Automotive-Diagnostic-Analysis-System/dp/B008XN7NUG
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    I would get that in writing as part of a "money back guarantee" before you consider buying it. Tools, like the Autologic system, which does and excellent job on Porsches and many other cars, opens at around $12K set up for Porsche, +yearly updates, + other make modules. And please do not post multiple copies of the same post in different areas of RennTech (I already removed your duplicate posting), it violates the terms you agreed to when you joined.
  20. JFP in PA
    And the year and model of the vehicle please.
  21. JFP in PA
    Not at all, but you are vastly over estimating what a replacement M96 can cost.
  22. JFP in PA
    Not really a "level playing field" cost comparison, unless you are starting with a crate engine LS. You can find a fully serviceable M96 in the $4-7K range, depending upon which model you are looking for.
  23. JFP in PA
    First, welcome to RennTech :welcome: Not surprised you can't find it, Porsche no longer prints any service manuals (and has not for several years), but it is all available online via subscription at PIWIS TSI: https://techinfo2.porsche.com/PAGInfosystem/VFModuleManager?Type=GVOStart
  24. JFP in PA
    Not really, in the shop we buy it for stock and use it exclusively on customer's cars. I have never seen anything that says the Pentosin product is acceptable for this application, including in the factory service manuals. I know that Porsche uses the Pentosin product in their steering systems, but not the tops.
  25. JFP in PA
    If power steering fluid was OK, Porsche would have used it, but they didn't and chose to use something specifically for the top system. A 250ml container retails for around $50.
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