Jump to content

Welcome to RennTech.org Community, Guest

There are many great features available to you once you register at RennTech.org
You are free to view posts here, but you must log in to reply to existing posts, or to start your own new topic. Like most online communities, there are costs involved to maintain a site like this - so we encourage our members to donate. All donations go to the costs operating and maintaining this site. We prefer that guests take part in our community and we offer a lot in return to those willing to join our corner of the Porsche world. This site is 99 percent member supported (less than 1 percent comes from advertising) - so please consider an annual donation to keep this site running.

Here are some of the features available - once you register at RennTech.org

  • View Classified Ads
  • DIY Tutorials
  • Porsche TSB Listings (limited)
  • VIN Decoder
  • Special Offers
  • OBD II P-Codes
  • Paint Codes
  • Registry
  • Videos System
  • View Reviews
  • and get rid of this welcome message

It takes just a few minutes to register, and it's FREE

Contributing Members also get these additional benefits:
(you become a Contributing Member by donating money to the operation of this site)

  • No ads - advertisements are removed
  • Access the Contributors Only Forum
  • Contributing Members Only Downloads
  • Send attachments with PMs
  • All image/file storage limits are substantially increased for all Contributing Members
  • Option Codes Lookup
  • VIN Option Lookups (limited)

Tool Pants

Moderators
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,786

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    6

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Tool Pants

  1. Tool Pants
    I had a guestion about being able to put the top with a glass window in the service position in order to get to the engine and Steve Evans sent me the first picture. The second picture is Henry's 2000 2.7 with the plastic window. Someone on the UK Boxster board is having one put on.
  2. Tool Pants
    At the rate you are going your car may never be out of warranty. Curious to know what parts were replaced if you have that information. Will be interesting to see what happens if the second seal on your replacement engine leaks. I bet the tool fit when your most recent seal was put in.
  3. Tool Pants
    I see what looks like a blue cap in your picture. If it is pull it off and see what is there. We have hooked up the reverse wire on 3 cars, 2000 and older. It was hard to find. Disconnect the control unit. Lift up the carpet. Pull the harness out as far as you can. Start removing tape. It is not going to be staring you in the face. There has to be a reverse wire. We have 2 local owners with cars newer than yours and they have the Traffic Pro retrofit.
  4. Tool Pants
    You need the weight on the drivers side to balance the passenger weight. Here is my Costco group size 25 battery I bought for my old Toyota truck in January 2005. Battery was made in January after I sorted to find the newest on the rack. Not all battery companies use date stickers, some brand the date in the plastic. Strange looks when you take batteries off the shelf and take pictures at Costco, Sears, and Auto Zone. And some people make fun of Consumer Reports.
  5. Tool Pants
    Just remember you have a RHD car and there are 2 different sided switches for the spoiler. Also, the switch comes in gloss and matt finish. You need matt for a model year 2004. You need memory seats to do the mirror dip down reverse thing.
  6. Tool Pants
    7 is for July and G is also for July since it is the 7th month. The 4 is for 2004. Sometimes Consumers reports is good for something.
  7. Tool Pants
    That round purple sticker is a date code. The battery was made in July 2004. Batteries do not like to sit around. When I get a battery I sort through them to get the newest. $48 sure beats $150 from a dealer.
  8. Tool Pants
    Need to see pictures of the sleeve to see if it really is sleeved. How many miles. Yours was made just before the window period, but the period is a guess since Porsche has never acknowledged they took defective blocks and sleeved them. Porsche has a list of the sleeved engines. If yours is sleeved I would raise heck with Porsche. The engine was not designed to be sleeved.
  9. Tool Pants
    It was 1998/99 window period, not 1997. What month and year was your car made. The build date is on a sticker. Take pictures of the cylinders and post them or send them to me. This is a pic of a sleeved motor. You can see the sleeve in the middle cylinder has been pulled down when it got caught by the piston rings, thereby causing the top of the piston to break off.
  10. Tool Pants
    A local Boxster owner bought the CDC-4 about a year ago for $659 from Brandywine. Then he also had to buy the fiber optic kit. You also need a PST2/PIWIS to turn it on. It is a Becker unit but Becker will not sell it. Scott must be buying it from a Porsche dealer.
  11. Tool Pants
    The top one was in the Traffic Pro box when I bought it from Crutcfield. It is male. The bottom one was included by Crutchfield for free in the shipping box when you bought a Traffic Pro from them. It is female. Listed as a VW/Audi harness 120701758. Not sure if that is what you are looking for.
  12. Tool Pants
    It looks like the band of top material is wider below the glass than a 2003/4 top. I guess that lets the glass window tuck down. The glass is heated. The glass is a single piece, not hinged in the middle as I had assumed. This is an entire new top. You do not retrofit a glass window in your plastic window top. You replace your plastic window top with this this glass window top. The rear storage/speaker box stays in place. The guy from the company said they played around with the size and location of the window in order to keep the box. This company makes tops for many other cars, including a plastic window Boxster top replacement. This is a new product for the company. Developement was completed just last week. The company is based out of Wales. Price is 595 pounds. I am on the UK Boxster board and have asked if someone would check it out by going over to the company. I want to know the quality and the vision out of the rear view mirror. I also want to make sure you can put the top in the 'service position' to get to the engine. The 4 bow frame used on the 2003/4 lists at something like $6,500. If you wanted to retrofit the OEM 2003/4 glass window top on a plastic window car then you need to replace the 3 bow frame used on a plastic window car with the 4 bow frame. This new product may be a more cost effective solution. And more so if it is time to replace your plastic window top.
  13. Tool Pants
    In front of the floor fan is the fancy machine my dealer has. Never seen it being used.
  14. Tool Pants
    Looks like a UK based company has come up with an aftermarket replacement top with a glass window that can be used on 1997-2002. Without replacing the 1997-2002 three bow frame with the 2003-2004 four bow frame. More info may follow....
  15. Tool Pants
    I did not notice that detail when I took the picture but you are right. Since the left is intake and the right is exhaust, the way they were done sort of makes sense to me. Or maybe the guy that cut the vents just screwed up.
  16. Tool Pants
    Car belongs to a local body shop owner.
  17. Tool Pants
    Send me an email and I will send you the page for the mirror so you can make sure it is the right part you need. Then once you know for sure the part number I can look up the price.
  18. Tool Pants
    Something is going on. I have looked at about 20 997s and 987s. One 997 had it and three 987s had it stuck under the front trunk lid. Nothing on the others. On the 996/986 is was supposed to be in the book and under the trunk lid. I have asked 2 salesmen at my dealer and they did not know. I keep forgetting to ask the mechanics. They like them because they use to write the wheel lock key code on it. This is it on a 997.
  19. Tool Pants
    Do not know Jon. Send me whatever info you have and I will ask around. For $400 he can replace my 1997 clutch as well. But you go first.
  20. Tool Pants
    Sachs makes the oem clutch. The flywheel is inspected once the transmission is out. If the RMS does not leak you leave it alone.
  21. Tool Pants
    The changer kit has several brackets. AWD, 2 wheel drive, RHD cars. The kit is sold around the world. You toss what you do not need. Here are the brackets for the prior CDC-3 that came in the kit box, which we put in a Boxster. The only reason I took a picture is because there were 2 RHD brackets. Missing the LHD bracket. Oops.
  22. Tool Pants
    996 552 253 01 01C for black plastic.
  23. Tool Pants
    The entire dash is a one piece unit. So forget about it unless you want to spend a lot of money.
  24. Tool Pants
    The install on a Boxster is identical on a 996, as are the parts you will be working with.
  25. Tool Pants
    I remember that as well. Also using the Carrera GT remote on a 996. They were taking the guts out of the old remote and putting them in the new so they did not have to have the new programmed. You can be the first to see if you can do this with a 986/987.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.