Tool Pants

It is the one on the left, 2169. The one on the right is the one sold by Porsche that I do not like. Just to confuse you Hazet also has a 2169-1 but it is too big.

I lubricate the slides for the clamshell. If we are fixing a top I will also put some grease in the 4 ball joints. You need to put the top in the service position to see the water drain on each side.

The spark plugs are removed to replace the O-rings. I hope shops are not charging for replacing the O-rings and inspecting/replacing the spark plugs, as it takes no extra time to put in your used or new plugs. My dealer also replaces the plastic tubes at the same time because they are sometimes split, or chip when they are pulled out of the cam cover.

This is a new one. I'll have to ask Peter if he has ever seen the dual-mass flywheel come apart. I have seen a lot of flywheels out of the car and none of them were damaged.

For torx 20 25 and 30 are common. Usually you get a set that has all different sizes. I have swivel sockets but have not used them. The Hazet oil filter wrench is the way to go. There are plastic versions at any auto parts place but they break or slip.

The tool only works with the oem shift. It will not fit on the B&M/Porsche 996 short shift. When Porsche started selling the B&M clone I had hoped Porsche would come out with a new version of the tool that would work with B&M/Porsche. No such tool is in the 2004 tool catalog and at our tech session last week Peter checked the new tool bulletins and there was nothing. This is me trying to put it on a B&M. Not even close.

Steve has confirmed that if you have a liner it is reused. Another UK Boxster owner, Jon, had the glass top put on last week. He has the black car. Here is Jon's report: "Last Frday I had a new roof including a rear glass window fitted by BAS International in South Wales. Rob (BAS) showed me the blue Boxster they had completed the swap on the week before so that I could see the quality before I handed them mine. It was useful also to compare the windows side by side, the glass window is a bit smaller, it doesn't however impair your rear vision, in fact, the clearer view through the glass compared to the plastic improves it. He also showed me around the premises, believe me, they a wide variety of hoods. So while Rob and his staff got to work on the car, I took the short train journey to Cardiff. Any doubts I may have had about putting an aftermarket product on my car soon went when I saw the completed job. Having driven over 500 miles since, with the roof up and down probably more times than normal, I feel now that I can offer you a better opinion of my new roof. The quality of the new roof is the same, the material looks the same and the stiching cannot be faulted. There have been no problems opening and closing, which while I suspected I might, I do alot more than I used to. I also took the car to the local OPC in Sutton Coldfield who were really impressed. I will try and post some pics once the weather improves again. A big thank you to all the staff at BAS who were great. Jon" This is the BAS Inernational site. http://www.bas-international.com/ Funny, but it did not have USA at the bottom of the page when I contacted Steve 4 weeks ago. ;)

I am not the stereo guy. But when you remove the a/c display and radio you will see a cross bar that separates the 2 units. This cross bar is gone with the PCM trim.

Remove the screws and then the cover for the lid to get to the hinge pin. The pin has groves on one end and is smooth on the other end. Push the pin out from the smooth side. At least that is the way I remember it.

Good sign if you have power to the changer. Now you need the changer added to the MOST system. Raman and I know the shop foreman so he did it at lunch time. Hope you took good pictures for the next guy. I took very few because I did not think any DIYer would try the install because you need the PST2/PIWIS to code the changer. It takes just a few minutes if the mechanic knows what buttons on the tester to push. For other brave souls, this is the 20 piece pin removal tool kit mentioned in the TSB. Every time I touch the kit Peter does a count to make sure they are all back in place. Let us know if it works.

No instructions come with the tool. If the cables are adjusted properly then it just snaps onto the shift tower. I use it only when I suspect the cables might not be adjusted properly. If no one has been playing around with your car and it shifts fine then there is no need to use the tool.

Here is the 2004 986 special edition part number for the air filter. As you can see the part number is the same for a 987. The M 091 after the part number means it is for the 986 special edition. One of these days at our work on cars days a 2004 special edition will show up with as will a 987. Then I will know if 987 parts were used on the 986 special edition.

I wanted to open it up but Peter ran the show at the 987 tech session we had 2 days ago. Looked like you removed 2 screws. During the tech session I went over to the parts departement to see if they had the filter so I could take a picture. Not in stock. The 2004 986 special edition has the same part number for the 997 filter. Strange. Because pet does not show a change in the part number for the special edition air box. Might be an error. This is the only info I have for the 987 filter. Way different than a 986.

Finally got to see the air box on a 987 S. Way different than a 986. The stock filter is round and not flat.

The metal gray was for the sport design option. That is where Porsche painted some plastic parts grey, including the center console. You also got a 3 spoke steering wheel and sport seats.

I was not watching Raman all the time as I was working on another car. He figured out what wire to tap into by looking at the instructions. The pin locations are numbered and you can also verify the wire because it is red with a green stripe. You are combining 2 wires with the same color code. In Raman's case with a wire tap. The third bracket is for a RHD car. Raman also got the changer from Brandywine. I forget where he got the fiber optic kit, but it turned out to be the wrong one. Did not find this out until after the car was apart. He was lucky that our local dealer had one and was open on Saturday.

What I see listed is 996 552 096 00 B12. B12 is the color code for black-gray. A03 is the black color code used in 2000 and newer.

We did not have the pin removal tool to remove that wire. We tried small jewlers screwdrivers and stll could not get the pin out. So the 2 wires were combined with a small wire tap. That is what I remember because Raman asked if I had wire taps and I had a can of them. P.S. There are 3 pin removal tools mentioned in the TSB. 88040 is to remove the wire from the back of the fuse box. Since we did not have it a wire tap was used instead. The TSB says to remove 2 wires from the radio connectors with the other 2 pin removal tools. Since we did not have them either 2 more wire taps were used.

That Audi modified LCD display can go bad. See defective units on ebay from time-to-time. Expensive. Contact Chris Murray. He has a 2000 S that was converted to a race car years ago. The a/c system was pulled. I bought his 3 spoke steering wheel years ago. Saw him at the local swap meet last June and he still had the entire a/c system, including the display. You might also check with Ethan on the racing board but I think he sold his stock parts years ago on ebay.

Where did you buy it from and is it used? I bought a "new" 996 cluster off ebay. It was in fact used and defective. As I found out when I plugged it into my car.

The top and rollbar are assembled as a unit. http://www.cartopsystems.com/english/top_s...ops/boxster.htm Car Top Systems makes the top. I assume the rollbar as well because I have seen a CTS sticker on the rollbar. Porsche owns CTS. For the next brave guy here are instructions. http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/show...2228#post712228

So, what is this? :eek:

Another winner. At our 987 tech session I found out where Porsche put the emission sticker. It is now on the engine lid.

It is the fuse box next to your left foot. Pull the cover off then you remove some screws and pull it away to get to the back. Lots of wires back there. Raman followed the TSB issued by Porsche.

Charge your battery then drive to an auto parts place and have it tested on their machine. A battery can go bad. Does not matter if it is 1 month or 1 year old. Normal draw is 40 milliamps. The beep is because the car thinks something is open.