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  1. Tool Pants
    You can put the 10 disc changer next to the amp if you cut the carpet. Or if you turn it about 90 degrees then you don't have to cut the carpet. Or you can mount it below the trunk latch. This is the most common location. The changer comes with a universal mounting bracket. The 10 disc changer is about 50% larger than the 6 disc changer. It is not only wider, but taller.
  2. Tool Pants
    Porsche uses a 6 disc changer. It is a Becker Silverstone 2660 but Porsche calls it a CDC-3. The 10 disc 2630 Becker unit will work. The only problem is that it is bigger than the 6 disc 2660. Since it is bigger it will not fit on the factory mounting bracket next to the amp.
  3. Tool Pants
    The shift lever will move a bit in either direction when you get on or let of the gas pedal. This is normal because the engine/transmission have rubber mounts.
  4. Tool Pants
    The VW part number Richard gave is the wire that has the pins that fit in your instrument cluster connector. I was calling it a #10 wire so I would not have to type the entire part number. It is a 24 inch long wire with the same pin crimped on each end of the wire. They come 5 wires to a bag as you said, but here you can buy just 1. I think you need a wire with just 1 pin, so you cut the extra pin off. We use this wire for the OBC retrofit since you have to add wires to the cluster connector. The only reason we buy the wire is because we cannot figure out the part number for just the pin. BMW also has a wire but with just 1 pin. When I gave up trying to find the Porsche part number for just the pin I went down the street to BMW, but ran into the same problem. To get the pin I had to buy the wire. BMW also could not figure out the part number for just the pin.
  5. Tool Pants
    If you want to have a grin. http://www.dietersmotorsports.com/tech/200...r_bath04-03.htm For some strange reason that plug is able to jump out of the socket for the spinlock hole. The plug is then either lost in space, or finds it's way under the top near or in a rain water drain hole. If a drain hole becomes blocked then water can enter the cockpit. When I meet a new owner and one of the plugs is missing I look under the top for it, and 1/2 of the time there it is. Under the top, next to a drain hole. The other 1/2 half of the time I cannot find it because it is lost in space and flew out of the car. The plug is not an "umbrella" for the drain hole and it does not belong under the top.
  6. Tool Pants
    Lucky guess.
  7. Tool Pants
    The light will not go out by itself. Does the plastic cap look like this?
  8. Tool Pants
    http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...=8103&hl=rattle The best info is on these UK boards, but you may not be able to see the links if you are not registered. http://www.boxa.net/forum/index.php?showto...47entry193447 http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=159406 The UK people say Porsche issued a TSB last year then revoked it, and there is supposed to be a new TSB that was issued this month. I have not seen the TSB, so I will have to ask one of the mechanics for a copy as I assume something has been released for the US market. You might ask your dealer about such a TSB.
  9. Tool Pants
    Because you cannot shove just any electrical pins into the connectors. For example. This is a picture of the pins on a VW #10 wire and on a VW #09 wire. You may not be able to see the difference, but I can. And these are not generic pins. The pin on the end of the VW #10 wire is a perfect fit into the instrument cluster connector for a 2000. That pin slides right into the cluster connector, locks in place, and makes electrical contact with the male pins on the back of the instrument cluster. I have not been able to find the part number for just the pins used on a #10 wire, so you have to buy the wire to get the pins. I have found the part number for the pins used on the #9 wire, but they fit the new style cluster, and clubhead has the old style.
  10. Tool Pants
    The German ebay guy makes them for 996/986. He buys used mufflers then welds on the bypass pipes. A UK 996 guy on the Posche Club GB site bought the 996 version and gave it a good review. A UK Boxster owner has given the 986 version a good review. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=7325 Or you can go to Home Depot and get some galvanized plumbing fittings and make your own. The valve with the green handle is optional. 1999Porsche911 made his own. http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/show...t=221337&page=2
  11. Tool Pants
    They are painted steel. This pic is from Greig or Tob Bear.
  12. Tool Pants
    Sometimes the radio has been replaced, sometimes the car has the wrong code card. Not uncommon and that is why I suggested checking the serial numbers. I do not think the 996 used the 210 radio unless it was an early car. PM me the last 4 digits of the radio serial number.
  13. Tool Pants
    Desnorked :P
  14. Tool Pants
    I think you used the wrong connector if I read your message correctly and you used the white connector. Pin 17 in the white connector is used for a tiptronic transmission, if you have a tip. If you do not have a tip then there is no wire. Pin 17 in the white connector has nothing to do with cruise control. For a 2000 3.2 it is pin 17 in the black connector. For a 2000 2.7 it is pin 16 in the blue connector. It makes sense to me that there is a difference between a 3.2/2.7 since the green cruise control indicator light is not in the same location in the 3.2 versus 2.7 clusters. But I was a history major and they did not teach us how to read a wiring diagram....
  15. Tool Pants
    Maybe the owner was a smoker. Or a welder. Here is another - think he was welding a muffler. :unsure: Peter Smith said if you have proper welding equipment then you only need to disconnect the battery.
  16. Tool Pants
    We have covered this once or twice before. The alarm horn is separate from the horns for the steering wheel. You need to see if you have a bad alarm horn. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...c=4833&hl=alarm
  17. Tool Pants
    This is a new one. Does the analog gauge work? Or is the problem with the digital gauge?
  18. Tool Pants
    I do not think the original style factory sport exhaust will fit a 2003/4. 2003/4 has those bumper extensions/wings which would hit the original style bypass pipes. That is why Porsche had to change the design of the sport exhaust for the 2003/4.
  19. Tool Pants
    I have not relied on anything on ppbb in almost 5 years. :lol:
  20. Tool Pants
    I have not seen the bulletin on the 2100 rpm rattle issue yet. My local dealer does not reuse oil. If the warranty repair will not cover new oil then all I can suggest is that you pay for it or bring your own.
  21. Tool Pants
    Looks like there is another company with the same concept. But this one looks more than a protype.
  22. Tool Pants
    996 618 212 02
  23. Tool Pants
    Looks like the 986 kit. I can even see the pop rivets You just pry/pull the roll bar pading off, same as a 986. You can do it with your fingers if you have strong hands. I use a trim tool, just because I have one. I spoke to a mechanic with a failing memory who did the 987 retrofit a long time ago, so do not quote him/me on these directions. The side clips need 1 rivet per clip. The 987 roll bar does not have a pre-drilled hole like a 986. But there is a dimple for where to drill. The rivets are metric. On the 986 they are also metric but I used a 1/8" bit. The center piece gets riveted to the back of the middle roll bar padding with 2 rivets. 2 holes to drill. He could not remember if there are dimples for the holes or he measured. Take better pictures when you do this, for the next guy.
  24. Tool Pants
    When my top failed the clips that hold the black push rods to the clamshell were removed in order to get the clamshell open. This was easier than trying to separate the ball joint at the other end of the push rod, if the clamshell is up enough to get to the clips. I also bought some extra clips. Looks like you have a messed up cable.
  25. Tool Pants
    Do you mean the oval covers?
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