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  1. Tool Pants
    Do you have the special edition?
  2. Tool Pants
    There is a pin in the middle of the rivet. Push that pin out and then you can remove the rivet.
  3. Tool Pants
    Can I go, too? I think my 1997 Boxster only has a measly 201HP.
  4. Tool Pants
    Calvin looking for and then finding his blank switch cover. It sure moved around under the console. Must be all that autocross time....
  5. Tool Pants
    I have not measured the throws to compare, but.... The B&M/Porsche clone has a shorter shift then the Porsche 997/987 short shift based on what I can feel. That is why Geoff put the 997/987 Porsche unit in his 2001 986. He wanted a short shift, but not as short as the B&M type.
  6. Tool Pants
    Just a groupie. The green thing is just a tool to lock the shift lever in place. I have been trying to buy just the tool, but so far the only way to get it is to buy the shift. When I mentioned the tool the parts guy said a shifter had just come in. So we looked at it because the shift tool use to be blue, not green, and there are part numbers on the back of the tools. So now I have 2 part numbers to play around with to see if I can buy just the tool, but they are not tool part numbers. But he ordered me something.
  7. Tool Pants
    I thought PCM was standard on the turbo?
  8. Tool Pants
    And now there is a green tool. It looked identical to Geoff's blue tool except the part number ended in 01 instead of 00. The green tool also will not work on the B&M or Porsche clone.
  9. Tool Pants
    Your short shift has arrived in the parts department. I saw it today. Looks fast.... Since it has been paid for I might just try to pick it up. :D
  10. Tool Pants
    I have the poster and the tech intro is out.
  11. Tool Pants
    Pictures from Oakland.
  12. Tool Pants
    I've seen that.
  13. Tool Pants
    http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/show...ad.php?t=267572 I bet you cannot buy the amp plugs from Porsche unless you buy an entire wiring harness. I see the plugs on ebay once in a while when someone is selling the oem amp and cut off the plugs, because they put in an aftermarket amp. You might try a stereo shop that puts in aftermarket amps in 986/996 and see if they have any plugs that were cut off. This pic is from an old ebay auction.
  14. Tool Pants
    I skip gears shifting up and down once in a while over the 7 years I have had had the Box. No problem. I also have done this in other cars I have owned.
  15. Tool Pants
    I checked this out several years ago, so take this with a grain of salt. A PNA part number means Porsche Cars North America, and that is why you cannot order the kit. It is not for your market, for some strange reason. Years ago I priced the cost of the individual parts to make this kit, and you had better sit down when you get the total price of the individual parts. Moreover, Porsche does not sell the wiring harness from the rear speakers to the radio head, or the plastic clip on the roll bar for the connectors. But those 2 parts are sold by Becker. So, you have to buy expensive parts from Porsche and not so expensive parts from Becker to create PNA 986 KIT. And then it does not sound so good after all. You are better off with the Harvey Peck kit. He includes the factory grills so it looks OEM. His harness is not OEM but it works. The speakers in his kit are better than the Nokia/Haas used by Porsche, or so it is claimed. He also has a 2 channel amp that you can also buy to drive the speakers so they do not work off the head unit. But, I do not know if he will ship to you. Or, you just buy the grills from Porsche and have a stereo shop do the rest.
  16. Tool Pants
    http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2751&st=0 The above is for the 2000 and older with mechanical trunk levers. I think the assembly for the newer cars with electric switches is the same. Do you see 2 or 3 round black plastic plastic plugs on the panel? If so, then pry them out and behind the plugs are allen screws. The trick it getting to the allen screws when the seat is still in the car.
  17. Tool Pants
    There are round black plastic dials on each end of the changer with an arrow. Make sure the arrows are pointing up. The changer is made by Becker.
  18. Tool Pants
    From the color of the filter pleats and part number. The charcoal one has a dark grayish tint on the pleats. I forget if it shows up as an option code on your sticker. Either works and it is your choice when it comes to a replacement.
  19. Tool Pants
    A lense. I cannot recommend that you try to remove the clear platic lenses from the rings as they are glued together and you will break something. I remove one and got lucky. But I had a defective cluster to play around with.
  20. Tool Pants
    There is blue loctite on the threads. So it does take effort to break them free. Removed a few air bags over the years. Finally bought the long T30 bit for my ratchet wrench that is on the far right. Also, you unscrew the screws in the normal counter-clockwise direction like removing a lid from a jar. So keep this orientation in mind as you will be working "backwards." If you are using the long screwdriver type then rotate the wheel so that the hole faces your legs so that there is clearance to rotate the tool. When all I had was the screwdriver type I would have to put a crescent wrench on the square handle to get enough torque, like in the left of the pic. If you have a round handle screwdriver type, I hope you have a strong hand grip or you will have to use channellocks or vice grips on the handle to break the screws free of the loctite. Also, the screws are on a slight angle. When you stick your tool into the hole in the back of the wheel your tool needs to be at an angle.
  21. Tool Pants
    Wish I could take pictures that good. I suspect your regulator was replaced before you bought the car. The regulator is designed to use a high or low stop, and the high stop was not removed. Last time I watched a regulator replacement the regulator came with the extra stop in a plastic bag with a pop rivet to install it. This is the upper stop in the picture. It was not used for the car I watched, which was a 996. So the Boxster must use the lower stop. In the old days a replacement regulator came with both stops installed with torx screws. That way you could remove the upper stop for use on a 996 application.
  22. Tool Pants
    http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...c=3308&hl=sears
  23. Tool Pants
    Most likely spark plug tube(s) or cam cover, since they are common sources for oil leaks.
  24. Tool Pants
    The 3 pieces just pull off. You need strong fingers or a wedge tool.
  25. Tool Pants
    The Boxster does not have the jumper posts like a 996. I guess because we have a mid-engine. When I bought my Box in 1999 the first thing I did was to extend the emergency release cable for the front trunk to the side marker. I can never be locked out.
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