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  1. Tool Pants
    That wheel is not handed. There is not a left or right side wheel. The spokes appear to go forward on one side of the car, and backwards on the other side. Every few years someone on the message boards will notice this and ask the same question. So you are an observant person. I am going to put you in charge of trivia since you also noticed the MANUELL thing....
  2. Tool Pants
    I take it you have no keys and cannot start the car. The dealer needs to program your car for replacement keys. The PST2/PIWIS is plugged into your car where the purple plug is under the steering wheel. So they need your car. My dealership has a key cutting machine but the parts guys don't like to use it because they might screw up the key blank. Instead they get you to order what is called a stipulated key, which is a key cut by Porsche based on your VIN.
  3. Tool Pants
    2001-2004 is what I call the new style cluster and I hate to work on them. When I saw your question this morning I was going to say to break the plastic bushing, but I wanted to look at pictures I took a few years ago when I removed the middle face. I thought I had to break it, and now that I have looked that is what I did. Once I go the face off I tried to see if there was a way to disengage the bushing from the back, but was unable to. I thought replacement faces had a larger hole so it would fit over the bushing - but I guess not. The other problem with working on the new style is sometimes the needle will not work when you put it back together. The motor that rotates the needle breaks by pulling the needle off or pushing it back on. The cruise control indicator is in a different position for the base Boxster vs. the S. I bet you have a 2.7 but the face is from a 3.2. What does the replacement face read to?
  4. Tool Pants
    2 years ago I went on a German Boxster board and got it straight from the horse's mouth. I think this link will work even if you are not registered. http://www.staunet.de/phpBB2/viewtopic.php...ighlight=#53388
  5. Tool Pants
    There is a bearing on the end of the shaft. I have been told Porsche went from a double to a single bearing. I was told the year but forget - I think 2001. This is why you seldom hear of intermediate shaft failures on the older cars. Picture is a 2003 2.7.
  6. Tool Pants
    You don't need to bleed the air out when replacing the tank. At least that is what I was told by a mechanic who has replaced many tanks. The tank is higher than the engine so air does not get in the cooling system when the tank is removed. With that said I did flip up the lever and drive around when I replaced my tank.
  7. Tool Pants
    My 1997 Boxster with 67,000 miles had the clutch replaced last week by Marvin Weitz with RennShop in Santa Clara. Since he was under there I asked Marvin to replace the filter and save it for me so I could cut it apart. It is the largest fuel filter I have seen on a gasoline engine. I wanted to see if the filter media inside was as large as the can. It was. Marvin said Porsche has always had large fuel filters. The little filter on the bottom is the original from my 1988 Toyota pickup with 155,000 miles. A lot of fuel has gone through that filter in 20 years. I replaced it because I thought you should every 20 years.... Both filters looked fine. I saw no strange stuff in either filter.
  8. Tool Pants
    You need to cut the connecting web to get the old gasket out. http://p-car.com/996/diy/waterpump/ Remove the caps then the plastic plate under the caps. To open the bleed valve you lift it metal lever up and it will stay in the up position. Lift up on the lever. Warm up the car a while and keep the tank full. Put the cap on run the engine at 2,500 rpms for 10 minutes to get the thermostat opened. Make sure the tank is still filled. Run the car at 2,500 again for 5 minutes and every 30 seconds briefly rev the engine up to 5,000 rpm. This is for a manual transmission car. Tiptronic has a valve that needs to be opened. All this is for a car in a shop setting. When I bled my system at home a few years ago I filled the tank. Put the cap on and lifted the lever. Then I went for a 20 minute drive. I brought water with me in case the low level warning light came on to top off the tank, but it did not. When I got home I filled the tank to the max and closed the lever. Don't burn yourself.
  9. Tool Pants
    Not at all, because I have owned cars in the past where you did have to lock down a belt tensioner. But they were cam belts, and all you are going to replace is a fancy fan belt. You can even drive the Boxstir without the belt on, but then it is hard to turn the steering wheel. As for the replacement belt. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...506&hl=belt As for the thermostat, you leave it alone. Murphy's Law. The water pump has a reputation for failing after X miles, not the thermostat. Take pictures. Once everything is back together you need to bleed the air out.
  10. Tool Pants
    http://986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17035 Replace the battery. Many replacement flavors. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...&hl=battery
  11. Tool Pants
    Why do you ask?
  12. Tool Pants
    Marvin worked for Stevens Creek Porsche and then Carlsen. Now he has his own independent shop in Santa Clara off 101. If you have been to either dealerships then maybe that is why you know his name. http://www.therennshop.com/ This is a picture of him from the Parts Heaven swap meet 3 days ago.
  13. Tool Pants
    And then it goes boom....
  14. Tool Pants
    Do you know Marvin Weitz? I did not replace the clutch, Marvin did. Here is the bell housing of my Boxster transmission after it was removed. He cleaned it.... He put in a clutch kit. The kit includes the disc, pressure plate, and release bearing. Sorry, but I forgot to mention the replacement of the bearing.
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    ....
  16. Tool Pants
    He cleaned the back of the engine and the transmission on the C4S. Did the same thing with my Boxster.
  17. Tool Pants
    You are in trouble....
  18. Tool Pants
    I do not know any local dealerships that have this done. They have to get your car in and out and off the rack, and it is faster to put in a new one. Plus they like putting in new parts as it is less likely they will see your car again for the same thing. I had my Boxster clutch with 67,000 miles replaced last week at an independent shop run by a mechanic who use to work at dealerships. I checked the flywheel and it looked fine other than the typical heat checking. The disc was not down to the rivets on the flywheel side so the flywheel was not scored. He asked if I wanted it resurfaced, or to put in a new one. or to reuse it as is. He did not tell me there could be problems if I had it resurfaced. I had medium clutch chatter, so if I did not replace or resurface the flywheel and if the chatter was still there after the clutch replacement - "then he told me so." I had it reused as is and just the disc and pressure plate were replaced. Clutch works fine. Mechanic was also replacing the clutch on a C4S. The flywheel looked like mine, but the owner elected to have a new flywheel. That is the second picture, of a new flywheel.
  19. Tool Pants
    With a PST2 you go to special function, sports car hand-over. This is supposed to be done by the dealer before delivery to the customer, but sometimes they forget. About once a year on the message boards someone who just bought a used older Boxster wonders why the interior and trunk lights will not come on unless the ignition is switched on. Turns out the hand-over was not done and the car has been in the transit mode all these years.
  20. Tool Pants
    The tensioner is spring loaded and self adjusting. To remove the tension from the belt so you can get it on and off you turn the nut on the end of the tensioner clockwise. The nut does not actually move. The nut moves the tensioner pulley away from the belt. There is nothing to tighten. You will figure this out when you get in there.
  21. Tool Pants
    My top has been in the manual mode for a few years. It does not lift up a speed. It has enough weight to it and the wind pushes it down. The only time I hear it bang is if I hit a really big bump.
  22. Tool Pants
    Once you figure out which coil it is. I don't know how you test it. But. Marvin who has worked at 2 local dealerships showed me a coil that looked new to me, but he said it was used. I asked him why he had a used coil and he said it was cracked. I have seen cracked coils before and the crack was very obvious. I could not see the crack until he pointed it out to me. I would call it less than a hairline crack. I can see the crack in the picture only because he pointed it out to me.
  23. Tool Pants
    That usually means your cars is still in the transit mode. If so, then the trunk lights also will not come on unless the ignition is switched on.
  24. Tool Pants
    It does have the sport exhaust, but it looks like the usual 987 sport exhaust to me.
  25. Tool Pants
    The Geiger Syndrome....
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