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  1. Tool Pants
    Do you know who makes them. I bet I could get at least 4 sets of those horns behind my bumper cover. And what happened to your original horns.
  2. Tool Pants
    The lit retrofit kit is $1,100 from Suncoast in Porsche in Florida. You get both headlights, the control unit, and the wiring harness. All you would need from the kit is the headlights. If you wan to put in hallogen then you can do that instead.
  3. Tool Pants
    Disconnect the electrical connector to the sensor and see if it runs any better.
  4. Tool Pants
    Find something else to worry about. I have been changing incandescent bults on cars, motorcycles, and motorcycles for years with my greasy fingers. I know what it says in the owners manual, but don't they also say to use only Porsche approved air in your tires. Next it will be to wear gloves when you change a table lamp bulb. Halogen bulbs are different since they burn much hotter. Those bulbs I do not touch. But if they have dirt on them then you simply clean it off. The clear and amber bulbs can be found at any decent parts place.
  5. Tool Pants
    The air bags work even with the light on. But drive safely anyway.
  6. Tool Pants
    I was told that until July of last year Porsche would do the latest fix for free. My out of warranty 1997 was done for free the second time in 2002. In July of last year Porsche stopped doing things that they would normally have taken care of for free. I was told that it is now a case by case basis, such as a long history of prior fixes. Pat with a 1999 just had the latest fix which involves new buckles and ground wires and he had to pay for the labor. There is also a older 996 guy on this board who had the light due to a bad control unit. Porsche paid for the part and he paid for the labor. Neither were the original owners so they did not know if there was a history of air bag light problems. Pat told me how much he paid, something like $500 but check with Pat as I was not paying attention. All warranty work for your car is in the Porsche computer. And any friendly dealer can look up your VIN to see if it has been fixed before. And there has never been a recall. Then they need to read the fault codes with a PST2 to see what is needed. Control unit, new buckles, or new ground wires. Otherwise it is just a guess as to what the problem is. If you go to the October 9th tech session in Sant Cruz Tim Benson has a PST2 and he can read the codes. He use to work for Porsche but now has his own shop. He also does the fix for out of warranty cars.
  7. Tool Pants
    Don't know. Never tried. Do you mean a GT2 or a Carrera GT. But I bet Mark would like your remote so he can get the switch. About all I know about the remote is that 1997 is an odd ball year. I have a 1997 and replaced the valet key. The remote or valet key head from a 1998-2000 will not work on a 1997 even if you have the paper tag, the key learning code, and a PST2 to program the key. Something in the 1997 control unit must be different than 1998-2000. Peter told me this before I ordered the key head and I made sure the parts guy ordered a 1997. Now that I have the parts list I can see Peter was right. 1997 parts numbers are different than the other years. So as far as I know the only key head that will work on a 1997 is a 1997. But I learn something new every day.
  8. Tool Pants
    A truck backed up into my Boxster and the driver could not hear the horns. So before the body shop put the new bumber cover on I took the car home on Friday and looked at the local parts places for the loudest horns I could find. Ended up with air horns. Put the air horns in and brought the car back to the body shop on Monday. I added the air horns to the original electric horns. So now I have 4 horns. There is a lot of room on the base Boxster because we do not have the middle radiator. Should also be a lot of room on the 6 speed 996.
  9. Tool Pants
    That is about twice what we pay in the US but you have no choice. Then you will also have to pay to have the new remote coded to the car.
  10. Tool Pants
    They were probably my pictures taken at a tech session. If you do a link maybe I can remember what pictures. You need to remove the carpeted trim panel behinfs the seat that covers the seat belt. Then unbolt the unit. On the roll bar separate the plastic cover and the is a bolt under it. The last bolt is the one one you can see at the end of the bolt, covered by a plastic cap. It took this pic in June.
  11. Tool Pants
    There are 3 covers for the entire seat. The bottom is one piece. The upper comes in 2 pieces.
  12. Tool Pants
    Give, RMG in Sunnvale a call. They put on tech sessions for us. Don't know if they do transmission work since I have never asked. http://www.realmeangarage.com/ I have also emailed Peter Smith for some places, but he has not yet answered. Still like to know where you can get parts for the 6 speed.
  13. Tool Pants
    No idea since I'm in California and parts cost more in the UK. Check with your OPC. The parts computer has a section just for seat parts.
  14. Tool Pants
    This is a cronic problem on the older cars. My 1997 has had 2 air bag fixes because of the light over the years. Has your car had any fixes. If so when was the last fix.
  15. Tool Pants
    Is this while you are driving, or stopped.
  16. Tool Pants
    My switch did not work all the time. When I took the remote apart I saw that were it was soldered to the circuit board the solder joint had broken. Got out a very small soldering iron and fixed it. If the switch itself has broken then I do not know where to get it. Porsche only sells the entire remote, not parts.
  17. Tool Pants
    If you want to replace a cover then Porsche sells it.
  18. Tool Pants
    What did the serpentine belt look like. And there are a few idler pulleys that sometimes go bad. If it is the pump a water pump on any car can go bad. The 996/Boxster pump is unique in that the impeller that moves the coolant is made of plastic and they are know to fail. On a Boxster the pump can be replaced with the engine in the car. Since I'm a Boxster owner a 996 owner will have to tell you if it is the same with a 996. You get a 2 year warranty.
  19. Tool Pants
    Porsche does not sell internal parts for the 6 speed transmission. They do sell rebuilt units. Don't know what your problem is but if it requires a part Porsche does not sell? Maybe you can ask Rector if they have found a source for parts because there are others who have tried to find parts without any luck. There is a 6 speed Boxster owner on the UK board that had a problem with second gear. The dealer took the transmission apart and said he needed another one. He took his transmission in a box over to an independent shop and they rebuilt it. Too bad the shop is in England.
  20. Tool Pants
    Henry and Ray, 2 local owners have done it. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1562 Dealer does not sell them. They got them from here. http://www.nrauto.com/sub_index.asp?spage=Gauges
  21. Tool Pants
    Air bag control unit.
  22. Tool Pants
    It is the cell phone connector. Should be 4 wires. CD changer has a blue and green plug.
  23. Tool Pants
    We have put in dozens of them over the years at our local work on cars days. There are now 4 different types, and 5 if you count the special edition. The EVO unit extends the length of the shift lever at the bottom of the lever. In the old days I think it was the only unit on the market, so that is what we put in. It does not reduce the throws as much as the B&M/Porsche unit. The B&M unit replaces the shift lever and shortens the throw by changing the pivot point. The Porsche unit that recently came out is identical to B&M. The special edition does it the old fashioned way. About 1" is cut off the shift lever. B&M, Ruf, and TechArt make a unit that bolts to the transmission. This unit you can change the reduction in 3 settings. I do no know any Boxster owner that has this unit. The B&M lever type is about $200 and you can put it in yourself in about an hour. There is a lot of information already on this board on how to install the units. I tell people to try a car that has one to see if they like it, before buying it. I only know one owner, a 996 guy, who did not like it. And between Loren and I we must have put in at least 40 units. The interesting thing I have noticed is that the throw reduction with the B&M lever unit is greater with the 5 speed than with the 6 speed.
  24. Tool Pants
    You have broken and just maybe bent parts back there. Do not operate the top. If you are very lucky it is just the red plastic joints. Put the top in the manual operation position. Instructions are in the owners manual and in the top section of this board. If you are very lucky you can replace just the joints, but you have to buy the entire push rod to get the joint. Your failure is why I hesitate to tell people to buy the aftermarket metal joints, as much as I think it is a neat idea. The top motor would have continued to try to move the entire top assembly and things would break or get bent. Instead, the plastic joints break and the top stops moving preventing more damage. If the transmission timing has not changed and it is just the plastic joints that broke, you might get away with just replacing the joints which are now made of white plastic. You can unscrew the broken red joints then take the white joints off the new push rods and screw then onto your old push rods. There are a lot of threads on the push rod for the joint so you can adjust it so that both sides are the same. If it was not so hot I would set up a work on cars day in San Jose before the October 9th tech session in Santa Cruz. Mark is the local top expert so he would have to be there to look at your car.
  25. Tool Pants
    I think you can only used a thread in style. I threaded in a wheel bolt and after a number of turns it bottomed out with threads left. I do not think the threaded hole in the hub goes all the way through. Plus a normal wheel stud pressed in from behind the hub has ridges so they do not spin - no provision for this on a Boxster. If someone does it it is going to be with the thread in style and loctite. But since this is my third car with bolts I am use to it, so it will not be me. And I have never used that goofy alignment tool in the tool kit. http://www.kyankton.net/Wheels.htm http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...entry6972
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