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  1. Tool Pants
    This is a real jack. Really.
  2. Tool Pants
    Made for racing. Carry it in your pocket. :D
  3. Tool Pants
    The first reference publication I have was in May 1998. From the tech intro for that year. Funny how some tires approved in the US are not approved in other countries.
  4. Tool Pants
    I was thinking about buying one of those devices off ebay that promise to increase your miles per gallon, since gas is now so expensive. :lol:
  5. Tool Pants
    If only I was 12 again, buliding plastic models of cars and cycles and had the same eyesight, I could do it with $2 of Testors paint. Silver, chrome, whatever color. I could even do it with a brush and paint that was thinned out. Pulling the face off would make it easy since you do not have to deal with the weight of the cluster. Masking off the clear plastic lenses is the trick.
  6. Tool Pants
    The black plastic trim rings are glued to the clear plastic lense, and the trim ring is glued to the face of the instrument cluster. If you are very lucky you can remove the ring and the lense, and paint the ring. But it is hard to break the glue bond without damaging the plastic. And if you damage something there are no replacement parts. I think a better alternative would be to remove the cluster, and then remove the face from the cluster. Then you can mask off the rings and paint them with an air brush.
  7. Tool Pants
    I have the bits at the top of the pic for the drain and fill plugs needed for a 2.5. Bruce, who was at the tech session/wine tasting has a shop with a lift, but he needs arms for a Boxster. I am too old to crawl under the car on a driveway. :P If Bruce gets his shop in order then we would have a place to do this kind of stuff.
  8. Tool Pants
    I spoke to Van today. He was 1 of the 2 mechanics I saw doing a cam cover reseal at the same time. There is a tool for holding the cams in place. They do not use it. That is why they were doing 2 cars at the same time for a reseal.
  9. Tool Pants
    Remove the visors and the A-pillar trim. The trim just pulls away. Some people also remove the side vents - I do not. The cover for the alarm lifts up and towards you. Start pulling up on the dash trim from the middle and work your way to the side vents. Look at your new trim and you will see plastic prongs on the bottom. These prongs go into metal clips under the trim and that is what holds it in place. If you have not removed the vents then put the new trim in starting at the vent side. At the vent side the trim has a tongue that goes into the vent. This is why some people remove the vent. Stick the tongue into the vent and then start pushing the trim in place, working your way to the middle.
  10. Tool Pants
    I ask Peter to do stuff like this at lunch time.
  11. Tool Pants
    1. 986 551 725 00. You need 2. 2. 996 552 625 02 A03. 3. Did not know you had a hardtop. If you need this cap it is 986 563 625 03. Same # for left or right.
  12. Tool Pants
    Porsche does not sell the plastic window for a Boxster, just the 996. So you have to go to an aftermarket shop to have a new window put in.
  13. Tool Pants
    I'm trying to figure out if it the alarm horn is bad. Replaced one on a local 1997 Boxster a few years ago. When his alarm went off the lights flashed but there was no beep beep. But I do not remember if he had the double blink on the LED before I replaced the horn.
  14. Tool Pants
    I just asked Alberto to take a picture of the emission/smog sticker under the rear trunk lid if there was one. What sticker.
  15. Tool Pants
    I have. Known Harry Wong for years. Super nice guy. We even had a work on cars day after a drive at his house in Woodside. He does it every few weeks. I would love to bring my motorcycle. Harry has several. Good fun. There is a mixture of cars, BMW, Miata, Mazda, and so on. I even invited my Alfa friend. Harry has only lost 2 cars over the years, a VW and an Audi. :D I think. Before the drive he and his guest give about a 1 hour chalk talk at Harry's office where you learn how to improve your driving. Then you are off.
  16. Tool Pants
    Becker makes a unit called Monza which is also a MP3 player. I have not seen one in the UK. There are also the $400 TrafficPro units if you want navigation. Only reason to go with Becker is that it matches the car.
  17. Tool Pants
    You mentioned Mexico, but then said it did not seem like a Mexican car. You should have stuck with Mexico. The country code on the option sticker is C34, which is the code for Mexico. No air bag stickers, or bumperetts. I wanted to look under the car to see if it had the extra set of cats we have in Canada/US. Never on earth would I think I could take a drive to Mexico and pick up a ROW Boxster or a GT3 RS.
  18. Tool Pants
    This is the tool, for when the shift cables are replaced. The transmission is put in neutral, then this tool is snaped on the shift tower to lock the shift lever in the neutral position. Then the cables at the shift lever end fall into their proper location. Before I put in a B&M I make sure the cables are adjusted properly with the tool, because if they are not then the cables will also be off when I put the B&M in. Once the B&M is in I cannot use the tool. This is the tool on the oem shift. This is a B&M. The B&M unit sits up higher and the shift lever is too large for the tool. It is not possible to use the tool on the B&M or Porsche short shift. Since the Porsche short shift is identical to B&M and Porsche sells it as an option, I asked Peter if Porsche has come out with a new tool. Peter has not seen it, if it exists. The front shift is the oem shift with the B&M bushings. The tool will fit this set up. If you did not mark the cables before installing a B&M and you cannot get the cables located properly by trial and error, then you put the oem shift back in with the B&M bushings. Then use the tool to set the cables and mark them. Then put the B&M back in.
  19. Tool Pants
    When the lights blink twice do you also hear a single beep? Can you set off the alarm. If so does the alarm horn beep on and off until you turn off the alarm. Do the outside lights also blink until you turn off the alarm.
  20. Tool Pants
    Since you have a real winter I would use 0W-40. The Autozone where I live in sunny California has this weight.
  21. Tool Pants
    I cannot see your car over the internet, and it sound like you have an electrical problem. When you are standing outside the car and set the alarm with the remote do you see the tails lights blink twice, or hear any noise from the car.
  22. Tool Pants
    For future buyers of the Johnson Controls/Autozone battery, this should be with the battery.
  23. Tool Pants
    What kind of hint is that Alberto. No one guessing knows where you and your friend were born. I thought you were born in Nova Scotia. :P The picture of the Canadian visor was a clue that it was not a Canadian car, since they have the air bag warning stickers just like we do in the US. Plus the country code for Canada is C36. A hint. Argentina should be C35. USA is C02. Porscheneer was from Canada and has since moved to Texas, and he knows it is not a Canadian car. But his answer is very hot. Another hint. What if he moves a bit South again.
  24. Tool Pants
    If you have a B&M then the tool will not fit.
  25. Tool Pants
    Do not push the button twice if that is what you are doing. When you push the botton once and get the double flash do you also hear a honk from the alarm horn?
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