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  1. Tool Pants
    The dealer does not sell any parts for the kit. Becker has the clip. At least they did a few years ago. A local guy bought 2 from Becker and gave me one. There is a number on it that may be a part number. 1 378 997. If he still had his Boxster I would ask him if he save the Becker invoice. See if that number does anything for Becker. Or maybe they no longer carry it. I thought the rear speaker kit went out of production a year or so ago. You really do not need the clip. If you are concerned then zip tie the cable that runs to the radio to the hole in the roll bar that the cip goes into.
  2. Tool Pants
    I remember Jim from 4 years ago when we went to Laguna Seca. Jump starting a Boxster is no different then any other car. When the original battery on my 1997 went bad a few years ago I used one of those portable things. Also used my Toyota pickup as the donor. I even jumped a dead Jeep. Positive to positive. Negative to negative. Do not reverse or you can fry electronics. They do not like you to go directly to the battery negative terminal in case there is a spark. They like you to find a ground on the engine or body. For example, if you trace your negative battery cable it is bolted to the fire wall. Look a few inches on the other side and you will see a nut. That is where the cable is bolted on a RHD, because on a RHD the positive and negative terminals are reversed. That nut would be a good ground point if you can get through the paint on the nut.
  3. Tool Pants
    Does not sound like an air flow sensor. Might be heat related. A local independent mechanic I know had a car in his shop just like that. You could start it when it was cold and drive it, but then it would not restart. First thought was a bad fuel pump, since this is a problem area for older cars. But it turned out to be a flaky crank positioning sensor. You need to be hooked up to a PST2/PIWIS to see what is going on with the electronics.
  4. Tool Pants
    I replaced the front ones a few years ago. It has been a while, so I don't remember all the details. They are made by Stabilus, which mades struts for lots of vehicles. I think I also found a least one other company that makes them. I remember going to Pep Boys and looking in the catalog. The Boxster was listed but of course it was not in stock on the rack, because it is not as common as a Honda. The counter guy looked in the computer to see if it could be ordered and for a price. It could be ordered, but the price was no deal. Cheapest place turned out to be ebay, so that is where I bought mine. The top is the original Porsche branked strut. The bottom is from ebay.
  5. Tool Pants
    Becker sells individual parts. At least they did. We have local guys that had to replace missing parts for the rear speaker kit, and they were able to get them from Becker in New Jersy.
  6. Tool Pants
    I have a 1997. Chart says A3 is side lights, left. B7 is brake lights and cruise control.
  7. Tool Pants
    If I remember correctly there are 3 chambers in the reservoir. 2 for the brakes and 1 for the clutch. If you drain the reservoir way below the min level for a brake flush, then you have introduced air into the brake system. You need to get the air out. Try to clear the air out the old fashioned way by filling the reservoir, pump the pedal, open the bleeder. Because there are 4 calipers you will need about 3 liters of brake fluid to bring the pedal back to normal. Start with the RR since that is the longest line, then go around to the other calipers.
  8. Tool Pants
    If you mean the vent grills for the radiators, then you need to remove the bumper cover in order to get to the tabs that lock the grills in place. When the car was new they were black, but turn gray or silver over time.
  9. Tool Pants
    Don't know anyone who has done a tip to manual conversion. Not saying it cannot be done. You can do almost anything if you are willing to spend the money. People who have put in a 996 3.4 have used the Boxster 5 speed with no problems - it can handle the torque. You don't want a 996 transmission because you will have 6 reverse gears.
  10. Tool Pants
    A 2004 with daytime is wired different and uses a double sized relay. You just can't turn it on if the car was not built with daytime. There is an article on the PCA tech site about this.
  11. Tool Pants
    Years ago there was a theory manual transmission cars were more prone to leaks because of the additional weight of the flywheel and clutch on the end of the crankshaft. I have been talking to Porsche mechanics for 10 years, and tips can leak just like the manual transmission cars. It is just that there are fewer tips so you don't hear as many complaints.
  12. Tool Pants
    Some time ago I saw a notation on one of the lists that the existing stock of a no longer apprived oil could be continued to be used up to a certain date. I guess this is so a dealership would not have to dispose of their inventory of no longer approved oil.
  13. Tool Pants
    Here are pictures of the rear emergency release cable. The bumper cover happened to be off for another reason, so I took pictures of the cable.. Good luck finding the loop on the end of the cable when the cover is on. It is covered by the silver heat shield you see in the pictures.
  14. Tool Pants
    Yes. This was a common swap when the 220 came out. The 220 has aux-in and the 210 does not. So people replaced the 210 with the 220 in order to have aux-in. The 210 mounts in a metal frame. In order for the 220 to fit you need to remove the frame, and the 220 will slide in. The alarm contact is in a different location, but I forget what if anything needs to be done.
  15. Tool Pants
    I will bring this back to life just because I just had smog inspection #6 done today. There is a rumor that the California Air Resources Board will have a video camera at the inspection stations, but not yet. I was good this year. I only waited 3 months after I timely paid the registration fees, to have the smog inspection done. The Box gained no weight. It was 3,125 pounds at the test facility I went to on December 7, 2007, and the same weight at a different facility that I went to today. I had the same ABS front wheel sensor faults that I had at the last inspection. This is because the rear wheels are spinning on the dyno and the front wheels are not moving. I am getting a bit tired of Arnold and CARB and the DMV. In the olden days when smog inspections first started you paid money for a paper smog certificate given to you by the inspector that you mailed to the DMV with your renewal notice and check. Years later the results of the inspection were electronically transmitted to Sacramento and you no longer received a paper certificate to mail to the DMV But guess what? You are now charged $8.25 for the paper certificate that you no longer receive, and $2 to electronically send the results of the inspection. There are about 25 million cars registered in California. You do the math.
  16. Tool Pants
    After 10 years of Boxster ownership I took a few months break. Last time I bothered to check Porsche had a 1/3rd of VW, a much larger company. Here is an old article. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/business...amp;oref=slogin Wendelin Wiedeking get a piece of the action, no matter what. Maybe GM should buy both companies....
  17. Tool Pants
    Another vote for Marvin Weitz at the Rennshop if you want to go to Santa Clara. He has a PST2 and factory tools. Worked at Stevens Creek Porsche and Carlsen Porsche before opening his own shop.
  18. Tool Pants
    It will never fly.
  19. Tool Pants
    Porsche switch to matt finish for model year 2002, and that is the year the Targa came out. That is why the Targa switch only comes in matt.
  20. Tool Pants
    We did it on 2 local cars years ago. It is a straight swap, but of course the tip shift buttons will not work as there are no wires on your 4 spoke wheel car to connect the buttons to. If you want to use the tip shift buttons to control something, such as the OBC, then you would need change out your manual air bag contact unit for a tip unit.
  21. Tool Pants
    914-8. Guess what is inside the engine compartment....
  22. Tool Pants
    No battery pictures in 8 months. Here is a Napa in a 2000 Boxster S. Looks like the Autolite.
  23. Tool Pants
    Last summer at a work on cars day a 1999 996 showed up with the 52 fault. Owner replaced the pressure sensor. With a PST2 I cleared the fault. He started up the car and drove it around and the fault did not return. Have not heard from the owner again so it must have been a bad sensor.
  24. Tool Pants
    http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5477
  25. Tool Pants
    http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...33&hl=volts
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