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  1. Tool Pants
    They are different companies with similar products.
  2. Tool Pants
    987
  3. Tool Pants
    http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4503
  4. Tool Pants
    There is no tool for the B&M, just the oem standard shift. When Porsche came out with the B&M clone I hoped they would come out with a tool that would work on both.
  5. Tool Pants
    The car is not prewired for door speakers. You will have to run your own wires. Not that it makes a difference, but your year should have the 220 radio and not the older 210.
  6. Tool Pants
    For you righties. http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m...#55401;
  7. Tool Pants
    http://www.boxa.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=11369
  8. Tool Pants
    There are many part numbers for a plug that will go into the back of the switches. I went the cheap way and got the VW version 3 years ago. Plug/housing was 8N0-971-636. This is a VW part number. Female spade pins were 999-650-103-12, and the most you can put in the plug is 5, because there are only 5 lugs on the back of a switch. This is a Porsche part number. Total cost 3 years ago was $4.
  9. Tool Pants
    I have watched 4 replacements. I am all for DIYer projects, but this is not one. Like most/all modern cars the winshield is glued in. I have watched a body shop guy do it, a porsche mechanic at my local dealer, the van that comes to your house or work, and the van that comes to a dealer. They all do it the same way. No mystery. I have never heard of someone trying to reuse a windshield on our cars. The glass is not that expensive, and sometimes they are damaged when removed.
  10. Tool Pants
    Something lke this?
  11. Tool Pants
    I also have the Hazet version but other companies make them and if you look around they cost less than Hazet. Search on ebay under Audi/VW drain plug. Here is one for $7. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VIM-16mm-XZ...sspagenameZWDVW
  12. Tool Pants
    One of these days I will do a story on my smog inspections. In California. In Santa Clara County. Where we now have the dyno. Until then. If your registration is due and you do not have a smog. Then just send in the money to Arnold, on time. The back of your renewal notice states, that to avoid a late charge, to send in your money even if you cannot provide a smog inspection or proof of insurance. I have insurance on my vehicles. But I have been known to be a little late on the smog deal. So you do not get the current registration and sticker in the mail, but you paid your fees. You will receive a letter/notice from the DMV of an incomplete registration renewal. But the notice does not state how long you have to "complete" the renewal.
  13. Tool Pants
    No clue. But this pic was on a Japanese sit. Might be yours.
  14. Tool Pants
    No clue. But look at the renewal notice. It is either smog station or test only. If it says test only you cannot go to a station, which is test and repair. At least that is the way it is in Santa Clara County.
  15. Tool Pants
    I have taken a few. What would you like to see?
  16. Tool Pants
    It has 2 set screws and the snap rings are not the style used by B&M. The rest looks like a B&M. We need to find a local owner who wants to put in this B&M copy.
  17. Tool Pants
    Oil filter cap style wrench. They come in plastic and metal. Get the metal if you can. It should be 74 mm by 14 flutes/flats.
  18. Tool Pants
    I have a German friend and when he was in California we went for a ride in my Box. Manuell is not a German word. In fact, he thought it was the English word for manual. It has something to do with that Audi a/c display that ended up being used by Porsche.
  19. Tool Pants
    http://www.industryfigure.com/berkeley/Por...ns97General.htm
  20. Tool Pants
    If the filter housing was not cranked on then you might be able to unscrew it by hand. But we have done a lot of filter changes over the year and 99% of the time they are on tight enough that you need a tool. In fact, I have the names of the 2 mechanics at my local dealer who like to crank them on like it was a wheel bolt....
  21. Tool Pants
    I'm not looking under my car to see what part that is. Tired of seeing all the scrapes and torn plastic things. Is the part in this picture?
  22. Tool Pants
    You do not need to disconnect the black push rods for the clamshell. They happen to be removed in the silver car because I was trying to fix the top drive. The top pushrods with the plastic joints are disconnected in the silver car for the same reason - fixing the top. In the blue car all 4 push rods have not been touched. You need to remove this clip on each side then you can lift the clamshell to a vertical position. Lot easier to get to the top of the engine compartment in what I guess I will call an "extended service position."
  23. Tool Pants
    The thing is.... In the UK your registration year is not like our model year or the registration in the US. If you go on boxa.net there is a 987 owner who says he has a 2004.
  24. Tool Pants
    I was going to say the same thing as Loren, because the shop manual has it listed a 22 mm. But with the lousy Porsche shop manual that could be the diameter of the threaded shaft, and not the nut on the end of the shaft. On my 1997 the nut is 32 mm.
  25. Tool Pants
    I find this list interesting, like the Cayman list, and the list in Panorama from Feburary 2005. http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/show...664#post2907664 But, for the time being, I am interested in what company has made the brake rotors for Porsche since 1997, the first year of the Boxster. There could be multiple suppliers. It could depend on the model. Sport cars, Cayenne. It could also depend on the model year. The 997 list says Brembo supplies the wheel-end brake "modules." I do not know if this includes the rotors or pads or whatever. The Cayman list does not mention Brembo or modules. The Panorama list says Brembo for brake modules. About all I know is that on the 986 Brembo did not make the pads. The Brembo name is on the pads in white paint, but Galfer or Textar and their part numbers are stamped on the metal backing plate. I have never seen markings on the 986 OEM rotors to indicate what company(s) make them. I did send an email to SHW a few days ago, and so far no response. For all I know Brembo makes the calipers, and outsources the rotors and pads. Thus, it becomes a Brembo "module" because it is supplied as an assembly of parts to Porsche when it is bolted to the car. Brembo has the name brand recognition.
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