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  1. Tool Pants
    Mine was replaced about 2 years ago. No problems. They will just glue in another one.
  2. Tool Pants
    You need to remove the air bag to remove the wheel. You do not need to remove the wheel to remove the air bag. Disconnect your battery first. Once you have remove the two Torx 30 screws the air bag will fall out. Do not let it hang from the connector. Then pull off the yellow connector on the back of the air bag. This is a 3 spoke but a 4 spoke is the same way.
  3. Tool Pants
    Sears has a set made by Lisle. You can also try a 3/8" socket but it is no as good a fit as the proper E12 Torx socket.
  4. Tool Pants
    We had a tech session for the new Boxster last month. It was on the lift and I asked the mechanic if it could be done. He pointed out all the things that have been changed. I think it would be a lot of work if it can be done at all.
  5. Tool Pants
    The local dealer has 3 of them. I already talked to them about buying one, since they have several PIWIS testers. They are going to keeep the older PST2 testers. I do not think you can buy a used PST2 anymore since it has been replaced by the PIWIS. You can buy a refurbished PST2 but it is very expensive without an exchange unit. There might be an alternative. Stay tuned.
  6. Tool Pants
    Yep, second set was put on Thursday. Maybe next time I will go Kuhmo. So now I have my N11 rating....
  7. Tool Pants
    My artic silver has been painted twice, with Sherwin Willams and Sikkens. Both times it was a perfect match. My friend has been in the body shop business for 30 years and he said all paint companies can duplicate each other. He used Sherwin Williams on my car because they give him a good deal. He has used other companies in the past. Christophorus or Panorama had an article recently as to to supplies what to Porsche. It was Dupont for paint. Dupont owns Spies Hecker. Someone said Spies Hecker made the paint. I bet over the years Porsche has used different companies or several companies at the same time, and Finland might use something else.
  8. Tool Pants
    I considered all the tires that have been mentioned. I am not an "N" guy. Maybe next time I will go with Kumho. I almost bought the 712s, as I wanted to try something different. Tom said there is a new super-duper Kuhmo tire that will be on the market. A mid-engine car eats rears tires. The Box is my 3rd mid-engine. The problem with the Box is you cannot rotate from front to back. The other problem is you have a 3,000 pound car and I want it up to speed as quickly as possible. :P $344 for tires - good bang for the buck. $80 to mount and balance. Last alignment at Custom Alignment was $150 and I think it is now more. Speaking of which, I need to hit on Joe Silva for another tech session at Custom Alignment in Mountain View.
  9. Tool Pants
    You should have the plug already wired for the defroster since it comes with heated mirrors and that is standard in the US. Steve at BAS asked me how GAHH did their electrical connector for the window but I could not tell him since I have never seen the GAHH top in person. Still would like to see the GAHH top in the service position.
  10. Tool Pants
    Pull the light out with your fingers and pull the connector if you have not already done so. Below the light is a round plastic thing with a slot that you need to turn. Then the cover lifts out, but you need to hold the rubber seal out of the way.
  11. Tool Pants
    The country code for Germany is C00. France is C05. 226 is and I guess will always be a mystery.
  12. Tool Pants
    I bought Mintex from ebay for $50 because I wanted to try something different. Is this the "Red Box" Mintex pads I see mentioned - because it comes in a red box? The friction rating for the Mintex I bought is EE. The oem pads are FF. We have put in RMSA pads that cost about $40 that had a higher FE rating than Mintex. We have put in Hawk pads that had a GG rating. Mintex did not have holes for the wear sensors. Neither did the Hawk. RMSA did. My wear sensors have been removed and tied to the brake lines for a few years, so that was no big deal. It does have the locator pin which I have never understood the reason for, as did RMSA and Hawk. The car from the factory does not have this pin, but when you buy replacement pads from Porsche it does. Just to do something different I drilled a hole in each Mintex pad for the sensor. The Mintex pads are in and for the first time in years I have wear sensors.
  13. Tool Pants
    I see that on the Snap-On site for $20.79. Funny they use 2169 in the part number because that is the Hazet part number.
  14. Tool Pants
    I have 3 cartridges you can try. I work near the arena and you can swing by. I almost positive the CDC-4 cartridge is different than the CDC-3. The drive on the 3 is made by Sony and by Panasonic on the 4, or so I have been told.
  15. Tool Pants
    You might want to come to the next local work on cars day.
  16. Tool Pants
    You are right, that is uneven wear. I forgot to ask the tire guy why. On both rear tires the insides were bald, but the outsides looked fine so I did not know it was time to replace the tires until I looked under the car. When the first set of Sumis were put on I had a 4 wheel alignment done to factory specs and I have not hit anything. The original Contis when the car was new did not wear like that. So where are the tire experts? This is a front which has even tire wear. In any event I will need to replace my power steering rack in the near future so I will at least need a front wheel alignment. I will have a 4 wheel alignment done again and see how the second set of Sumitomos wear.
  17. Tool Pants
    To finish my part of this thread, I did a repeat. Second set of Sumis put on today. So I will get out my chalk and put N11 on the new tires. Wheel Tech presented our tech sesion in January, so Tom the tire installer put on this set just like he did for the first set of Sumis in 2001. He said there is going to be a version III so that is why the price may have dropped. I got my money's worth. Jeff, the co-owner of Wheel Tech, showed me these short valve stems they have been using. That is what was put on. Shortly after the first set of Sumis were new I had a flat repaired with a stem patch on the LR by Custom Alignment. After that tire was remove by Tom I took a picture of the head of the patch. Looked fine to me and I survived for 20,000 miles on that patch.
  18. Tool Pants
    I did not take the picture of the memo, someone else did, and that is the only page. That someone is on this and other boards. I simply save a copy so I could show it to Peter and see if he knew what it was. I showed it to him after the tech session. He knew what it was.
  19. Tool Pants
    The person said it was a memo. Just like the memo for aftermarket short shifts, and I showed the shift memo to Peter during your Q-tip thing. It is for the local reps. The mechanics do not usually see them. Means nothing. Like, when is the PCNA company pinic....
  20. Tool Pants
    Try a 5 mm six point socket as sometimes the factory tool is a sloppy fit.. Also make sure you turn the tool in the correct direction. Clockwise to unlock the passenger side and counter on the drivers I seem to remember. It takes some effort.
  21. Tool Pants
    Porsche does not use the Platinum+4, just your normal copper plugs. No clue if it is related to aftermarket plugs. More so since they have been in for 16,000 miles.
  22. Tool Pants
    Another local guy that did not go to the OBD II tech session 2 days ago. :P I think I have amnesia. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4742 http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5120
  23. Tool Pants
    That's what you get for not going to the local tech session where the air flow sensor was mentioned. Loren was supposed to be taking notes. :lol: I have the OBD II book but I really need to read it one of these days. I sort of remember what Peter told me a long time ago. There are TRA and FRA numbers, and maybe that is what you mean by range 1 and 2. TRA and FRA are initials for some German words. I am going to guess that this is what we commonly call fuel trim. TRA is at idle. -10 is good and -36 is the limit. FRA is the readings above idle - do not remember if the numbers should be different or the same as TRA. That is all I remember. Maybe someone else can help. If you have that many miles with the original sensor then you are lucky.
  24. Tool Pants
    This is a known problem on the early cars. There have been several fixes over the years. My 1997 had 2 fixes and the second was 4 years ago and no light since then. Someone needs to get the fault codes. Most common is a bad control unit or buckles. But there is no way to tell without the codes. Since you have a 1999 I assume you are out of warranty. Prior to July 2003 Porsche would do the latest fix for free. Some local owners who have recently had a fix done had to pay for the labor and Porsche paid for the parts.
  25. Tool Pants
    You might want to order the 987 tech intro booklet. The part number is PNA 488 521 05 and it is about $25. When the mechanics go to training school for a new model this is given to them. The 987 intake is a new design. There are drawings of it in the booklet. At the local 987 tech session last month I wanted to take the filter out to see how it changed but Peter said it was a pain to get out. I went to the parts department but they did not have one in stock. The drawing of the filter on the parts list shows it as a round filter. The 986 is flat. Loren has the drawings. I do not know if the 987 filter has foam on it like the 986. What is interesting is that the part number for the 987 filter is the same as the 986 special edition, unless there is a mistake on the 986 parts list. One of these days a special edition and 987 will show up at our work on cars days so we can check it out.
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