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  1. Tool Pants
    You can buy this tool for a few dollars to check if your shift cables are adjusted properly.
  2. Tool Pants
    Stephan, what type of key remote are you trying to get? A US remote has a different radio frequency than other countries. Also, the US 996 cab remote does not have the extra button for the top. Jeff
  3. Tool Pants
    Pull off a wheel and look at the back. On my Boxster is HW on the back of the wheel which is Hayes Wheels. This pic is BBS. You can see BBS on the back.
  4. Tool Pants
    Of course you can rotate the steering wheel with the battery disconnected. But the key has to be turned to the first position. The reason most people need to have the key on to rotate the steering wheel is that they use a common T30 torx screw driver type tool to remove the air bag screws. A torx screwdriver is very long and will hit the dash unless you rotate the wheel so that the screw you want to remove is at the bottom. Then you rotate the wheel 180 degrees so that the other screw is at the bottom. To rotate the wheel the key needs to be in the on position. If you disconnect the air bag with the battery connected and the key on you will get an air bag light. I have a T30 bit about 2 1/2" that goes on the end of my ratchet so I do not need to have the key on to rotate the wheel.. Compare it with the more common torx screwdriver on the left and you will understand why I said it will hit the dash unless you rotate the wheel so that the screw is at the bottom. It takes 10 seconds to disconnect the battery negative cable. Disconnect the battery then remove the air bag. Just do it that way and you will have no worry.
  5. Tool Pants
    Like Loren said, the original radio has a plastic insulator on the side for the alarm contact. Put a piece of tape in the same area on your replacement radio. Or you remove the wire from the alarm contact.
  6. Tool Pants
    18 foot pounds.
  7. Tool Pants
    As long as the key is out of the ignition you can remove and replace an air bag without disconnecting the battery. But if you turn the key on with the air bag disconnected then you will have an air bag light. Most people need to turn the key on so they can rotate the wheel to get to the 2 screws behind the wheel for the air bag. On the internet I tell people to disconnect the battery because I am not there to watch. Better safe than sorry. The only thing to reset after you hook up the battery is the radio code and the windows.
  8. Tool Pants
    Jinster put a 996 tip bumper cover on his 1997. The tip cover has an opening in the middle for the transmission cooler, not used on a Boxster. Now he has the choice of adding a third engine coolant radiator. When I had the bumper cover off my 1997 it had mounting lugs for a radiator. I used 2 of the mounts for my air horns.
  9. Tool Pants
    There isn't one on a manual transmission.
  10. Tool Pants
    ????
  11. Tool Pants
    http://www.shotimes.com/brakes/part2.html http://www.4wdworld.com.au/tipstricks/disc.htm
  12. Tool Pants
    3 is Raman's 2003 Boxster. It has the piviot out cupholder below the vent that started on the Boxster in 2003, and on the 996 in 2002. 3 cannot be retrofitted to a pre 2003 Boxster as the air duct is different. Peter Smith at Stevens Creek Porsche tried to retrofit 3 into his 1999 Boxster and was not able to do so. 2 you can do but, like Loren said, you will also need the vent. But with 2 keep in mind all your switches will be horizontal, while on your Boxster they are at an angle. The icons on the switches will look funny.
  13. Tool Pants
    The crest is riveted in place from the back of the cover. It is not glued in place. You cannot remove it. I could remove it but would not do so for liability reasons as I would have to take the air bag module apart.
  14. Tool Pants
    What in the world is 'shockproof' gear oil or additive?
  15. Tool Pants
    Good, search under Max's name. I read his older messages. He has a 2001 but bought a 1998-2000 used control unit. You have to watch out for years on control units.
  16. Tool Pants
    Show us a picture of what you have.
  17. Tool Pants
    Too much trouble. We don't need no jacks. We just get Loren to lift up the car.
  18. Tool Pants
    This is an issue on the 6 speed Boxster transmission when it is cold which is virtually the same as a 996 transmission. I have never noticed it when driving a 6 speed, but the cars were up to operating temp when I drove them. I have a 5 speed and it is not an issue and I do not remember a 5 speed owner making the same complaint. But my 5 speed is a different transmission than the 6 speed. The 6 speed Boxster owners claim making a cocktail of Redline and gear oil improves cold performance. Something like 2 parts of Redline to 1 part of gear oil. Redline is a synthetic but so is the factory fill. I never understood it because if Redline was the solution then why not use 100% of it.
  19. Tool Pants
    Do you know the part number. I have been trying to find Bosch Super with 4 side electrodes in the proper heat range for a 2.5 on the internet without any luck. Any performance advantage will be in your mind. You only get one spark no matter how many side electrodes. Some people think you get four sparks. The spark jumps to the electrode that has the path of least electrical resistence. When that electrode wears then the spark jumps to the next electrode. The only advantage of multiple electrodes versus a single electrode is that the plugs last longer. That is why Porsche went from 30,000 to 60,000 mile changes after they switched from two side electrodes for the 2.5, to four side electrodes when the 2.7/3.2 came out. I assumed you have the copper Super plug, and not the Platinum +4 plug.
  20. Tool Pants
    http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...800entry14800
  21. Tool Pants
    Look under your drivers seat. The part number is on a white sticker. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...l=reverse++wire For your year and if you have the 535 option the control unit should be 996 618 260 07. The unit is year range specific. You should have the car hooked up to the PST2 to see if the control unit is the problem, and a dealer has to program a replacement control unit for it to work.
  22. Tool Pants
    The dash and door speakers are powered from the amp in the trunk. Pull the radio head and check the wires and connectors to the back of the radio.
  23. Tool Pants
    I did the trip computer retrofit on my 1997 about 4-5 years ago. Mine was made in January 1997 and has the sensor. I have seen a local November and December 1996 that did not have the outside air temp sensor. On the December car I retrofitted the sensor. Look at the sticker for the month and year your car was made. Then look for the sensor in the front bumper cover grill on the passenger side. If you do not have then sensor then when the trip computer is turned on then all you see is --- On the oil gauge, the only time I remember that is stays on for a while after starting is after getting gas and starting the car.
  24. Tool Pants
    It is row D number 5, 15 amps.
  25. Tool Pants
    A TSB is not a recall.
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