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  1. Tool Pants
    We started a Boxster without an instrument cluster. Started fine.
  2. Tool Pants
    I merged today's alternator pulley topics, so they are a bit out of order. First picture is the Hazet version of the tool(s) to remove the freewheel pulley to give you the idea how it works. I did not want to pay Hazet prices and I already had a 10 mm triple square bit, so I bought a Twain version of the black 33 spline tool for $8 from ebay. Second picture is for people with a fixed pulley. You need the 10 mm triple square bit, and a deep offset box end wrench to unscrew the pulley nut. On my car the nut is 24 mm. I think you will find that it is actually easier to remove the freewheel pulley while the alternator is in the car..
  3. Tool Pants
    If I remember correctly the 996 rotors are the same as the 986 Boxster S. The base Boxster has smaler rotors than a Boxster S. It has been said you cannot put 16" wheels from the base Boxster on a Boxster S because the wheels will not clear the rotors. Therefore 16" wheels will not clear your 996 rotors.
  4. Tool Pants
    I have not replaced one but I have the tools to do it. You should double check the shaft because I do not think it is a torx, but a 10 mm triple square/XZN. Count the number of splines. Torx is 6 splines. Triple square/XZN is 12 splines. You need the triple square bit to keep the alternator shaft from rotating while you remove the freewheel pulley, or if you have a fixed pulley to remove the nut for the pulley. The black tool has 33 splines and a hole in the middle for the triple square bit. With the black tool you unscrew the freewheel pulley while keeping the alternator shaft from moving with the bit. You do not need the black tool if you have a fixed pulley.
  5. Tool Pants
    From my memory. There was a problem with the belt coming off/being damaged on the early cars. In 2000 Porsche went to a freewheel pulley for the manual transmission cars to avoid this problem. But the tiptronics transmission cars continued to use a fixed pulley, just like the 1997-1999 cars. Your 2002 has a freewheel if it is a manual transmission. The first picture shows the freewheel pulley. The second shows a fixed pulley with a nut that needs to be removed to get the pulley off. The third picture is a rebuilt alternator you can buy from any parts place. They sometimes do not come with a freewheel or any pulley. But if you have the correct tool you can remove your freewheel pulley and put it on the rebuilt.
  6. Tool Pants
    I have a 2005 987 brochure that I just looked at and it says 15/26%. Did not remember the 26%. Back then I thought it was due to a change in the transmission - since Porsche did make changes to the 987 transmission, and went to Aisin for the 997. Never dawned on me back then that Porsche simply put in a semi-short shift as standard. I like what Halo did. That is similar as to how I measure up the claims. The greatest reduction that I have seen with a B&M was on a 5 speed Boxster. Clickman, sorry but I can't figure out what it is you want to do. There are many short shift versions these days.
  7. Tool Pants
    I bought a 996 amp some time ago and put it away. Then I bought a rear speaker kit and put it away. Still not installed, but thought I should finally test it out to at least see if the amp worked. I have a 1997 CDR-210 radio. The amp came from a 1999 C2 cabriole. That is the first picture. Ignore the picture in my post #5 as those are not the internal keys you need to remove from the 996 amp female connector to fit the 986 male connector. In the second and third pictures my pointer points to what I needed to remove so that the connectors would mate. These pictures were taken with the white sticker facing up. In the fourth picture I am shaving away one of the internal keys with a wood chisel. The sticker is facing down. Once the internal keys were removed I could plug the 996 amp into the 986 connector. I then shoved the wires for the left speakers into holes #16 and #6, and holes #15 and #5 for the right speakers. Turned the radio on and I got sound from the rear spakers. I was also able to fade from the dash/door speakers to the rear speakers.
  8. Tool Pants
    The control unit has its own fault code. I have seen a few being replaced at the local dealership over the years. Pic is from over 3 years ago of an almost new 987 that was having the unit replaced. It is where the finger is - same location on a 986. What I don't get is why a 2003 is having a buckle issue. Thought Porsche "fixed" that when they went to gold plated contacts a few years earlier. But I have a 1997 that has had 2 air bag fixes over the years. Last fix was around 2001 and no light until last year - when it came on out of the blue. It was code 46. I just erased it and it has not come back on.
  9. Tool Pants
    This is being confused with the air bag control unit.
  10. Tool Pants
    Long time ago a local Boxster owner did the same thing. He was installing a front brace and broke the mounting stud for the strut. Tightened the nut too much. He drove around like that for a long time. You still have 2 studs holding the strut in place so I say drive it. But if you die I never said that....
  11. Tool Pants
    I take it you have to pay for the labor. Why is that since yo have a warranty?
  12. Tool Pants
    I have an old Traffic Pro still in a box that I never put in. I think this was replaced by the high speed version. My old version uses a 5 digit code, and it looks like yours as well. Problem is the decoder is not accurate, and so old by now that it may be very inaccurate. But give it a try. If your serial number ends in 7009 then the decoder says the code is 71261.
  13. Tool Pants
    The 2003-2004 kit does not include a tip. The tip bolts on and there are 3 different styles you can buy. You can buy the adapter for use on a 1997-1999. I bought one for my 1997. It has 3 parts plus a bag of 6 bolts. 3 long bolts and 3 short bolts, depending on if you have a manual or a tiptronic transmission. Here are more pictures from a UK guy mounting the adapter on a 2.5. http://jp.tripout.co.uk/photos/stuff/s_exhaust/zorst.htm
  14. Tool Pants
    With the top latched and the windows open, or with the red clip on, set the alarm. Make sure the alarm light on the dash is blinking properly. Wait 3 minutes. Then reach your arm in to the brake and waive to yor car. Then remove your hand and wait for 1 minute. It should work. The common problem is that people set the alarm and then immediately reach inside. The motion detector does not come on instantaneously when the alarm is set. When the alarm is set the motion detector searches the car for movement. If movement is detected during this search time then the motion detector is not armed. I forget the search time - think it is 20 seconds - that is why I said to wait 3 minutes. When you reach in the alarm has a delay before it will go off - I forget how long - maybe 20 seconds - that is why I said to wait 1 minute to see if it goes off. Try it again.
  15. Tool Pants
    From what I have seen on the message boards it has been an ongoing battle with a Canadian warranty claim on an imported vehicle. Would like to see pictures as this is a new one.
  16. Tool Pants
    If you are talking about the EVO unit then you would install just the extention piece. It attaches with set screws so you can take it off if you don't like it. If you like it and want to install the bearing that come with the kit then you have to break/remove the oem white plastic bushings. The EVO bearings fit the oem shift lever. As I said, in the old days the kit only had the extension piece. And that is all we put in, unless the owner also purchased the optional bearings. Picture shows the bearings installed on the oem shift Back then they were silver - now red. You cannot see the extension piece in the picture.
  17. Tool Pants
    Oh, dear. 4 messages requesting the code and all 4 are in the wrong place.
  18. Tool Pants
    I watched a dealership mechanic replace one on a Boxster because the owner hit something and cracked the pan. Removed the bolts and pried it off. I think you know there is no gasket. He used a razor blade and cleaner to prep the surface. He used whatever Porsche sells, which looked like a tube of silicon to me. He said they use to use the same stuff to seal windshield leaks.
  19. Tool Pants
    I read that before but did not think it had any application on a 996/986.
  20. Tool Pants
    The part number for the 2003-2004 kit is 000 044 200 20. Per the TSB the muffler only is 996 111 987 01. There are 2 part numbers for the originl sport exhust - the weird looking one. For use on a 1997-199 2.5 000 044 200 09. The kit for a 2.5 includes a mounting adapter. For use on a 2000-2002 000 2.7/3.2 000 044 200 12- no mounting adapter is included as it is not needed on a 2.7/3.2. Per the TSB the muffler only for both is 996 111 987 00.
  21. Tool Pants
    No help here. The remote is just like anything electronic. Sometimes the remote just stops working, even though the light blinks. One of the mechanics I know has a box of bad remotes.
  22. Tool Pants
    It is supposed to be on a slight angle. This is a Boxster which has the same thing.
  23. Tool Pants
    Evo has a short shift. It shortens the shift throws by adding an extension piece to the bottom of the stock shift lever. It is shorter than the 997/987 standard shift, but not as short as a B&M. And if you do not like it you can simply remove the extension piece. This is a picture of the kit. The extension piece is the gold/black thing on the right. The kit comes with 2 red metal bearings to replace the stock plastic bushings, but you do not have to use the bearings. In the old days you had to pay extra for the bearings, but now they are included when you buy the extension.
  24. Tool Pants
    The shift in the Suncoast link is black plastic so it s the standard 997/987 shift. The blue plastic version is the 997/987 short shift. If I remember correctly when the 997/987 came out Porsche said the standard shift throws were 15% shorter than the standard 996/986 throws.
  25. Tool Pants
    Oil pressure relief valve.
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