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  1. Tool Pants
    Berty is from the UK and despite being on the UK Boxster boards for years they do things I still do not fully understand. They use their registration year to id the car. So if you have a model year 2005 987 and register it in December 2004, then they sometimes call it a 2004 987. In the US we would call it a 2005 no matter when it was registered.
  2. Tool Pants
    Someone got a deal as the Hazet is going for around $30 on ebay. Here is another Hazet also listed for a K- series motorcycle. Current bid is $5.99 on US ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...p;rd=1&rd=1
  3. Tool Pants
    I don't see why this would not work, but I do not know anyone who has done it. When I was trying to do the 986/996 cluster swap I took my Boxster circuit board out and put it in the 996 cluster. In this picture the green circuit board is still attached to the back of the cluster housing, but it is easy to remove the circuit board from the housing and swap it into another cluster. The picture is a 996 cluster but the Boxster is the same except for the 2 additional gauges. The only thing is the mileage. After the swap when you plug in the hybrid cluster you will see the mileage from the donor non S cluster. Also, the donor has to be from a 1997-2000.
  4. Tool Pants
    Here is a deal on Canada ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/bmw-motorcy...sspagenameZWDVW It is the Hazet wrench, which I consider the best. Listed for a BMW K-series motorcycle but it also fits Porsche. Current bid is $5 USD with 5 hours left.
  5. Tool Pants
    I saw that on ebay some time ago from a different seller. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...3982&rd=1,1 I would have bought one to check out the quality, but the shipping cost was the same as the wrench, and I already have the Hazet and Mann wrenches. It is made by JTC tools in Taiwan, but I could not find the model 1235 on their site. http://eng.jtc.com.tw/ I cannot see why it would not work on a Porsche. It does look shorter but there is a Porsche mechanic at my dealer that uses a BMW wrench made in Japan by Kyoto tools. The wrench only needs to grab the bottom of the filter cannister.
  6. Tool Pants
    Air is about 80% nitrogen. The oxygen molecules in air are smaller than the nitrogen molecules, so the oxygen escapes from the tire faster. So if you inflate your tires 120% the oxygen molecules will escape and you are left with 100% nitrogen. Free nitrogen for your tires.... Costco, from when I had my 1988 Toyota truck tires put on.
  7. Tool Pants
    A new control unit is very expensive. If it is just the LCD display then take a look at this. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-Porsch...1QQcmdZViewItem There is a thread on another board about this ebay kit. I have asked for a report and so far nothing. I actually contacted the seller a long time ago to see if it could be used on a Boxster since the Boxster's control unit is from an Audi. When I first saw it on ebay the LCD display was being sold only for Audi. Then the seller changed the listing to include the Boxster. But, I have no experience with this replacement display.
  8. Tool Pants
    I saved this image a long time ago and do not remember where I found it. Is this the Mercedes version of the hanger?
  9. Tool Pants
    We made a DVD on how to install the spin locks and adjust a hardtop to the car. You should also check to see that the centering journals have a plastic cap. They like to pop off.
  10. Tool Pants
    That is what we were told in the old days. But the 986/996 design is such that I cannot see how a heavy key chain would damage the electrical portion of the switch. My 1997 switch failed after a year or two and there was no key chain - just the key. In Loren's link is a picture of a switch I took apart. A piece of plastic inside the switch had broken off. That can't be due to the weight of a key chain. It is just a crappy switch. And this was the 4th generation switch used by Porsche until Porsche went to a different design. The mechanics gave me another defectve switch for an autopsy so I can see if it has the same problem.
  11. Tool Pants
    I took that picture last week at a tech session at a local Porsche shop. I always wondered why some people with Interstate batteries were not geting the vent tube. Johnson Controls makes the Interstate and other brands. The Johnson other brands we use have the vent tube in a plastic bag attached to the battery. For some reason Johnson Controls does not attach the plastic bag to the battery with the Interstate brand sold to shops. So you have to ask for it.
  12. Tool Pants
    This is that Interstate, still in the plastic. My finger is on the vent. You need the vent tube adapter that you see in the plastic bag.
  13. Tool Pants
    Looks like the wheel hanger went away when the spare tire and jack went away. The 996/986 all had the hanger because they have a spare and a jack. There are companies that make them.
  14. Tool Pants
    That is what I did years ago. Friend has a body shop and I went through the draws of plugs. I had the touch up paint and a can of paint from when my humps were painted.
  15. Tool Pants
    Don't know what the replacement aftermarket batteries sold in the UK look like. That looks like a Moll style battery that has the vent provision on either side of the battery. I can see it in your picture. There should be a plug where the yellow arrow is for the vent. On the opposite side there should be another plug. That is so you can vent the battery from either side, if needed, and depending on the vehicle application. Take some more pictures and see if you can find the brand. With the Moll you remove a plug on the side and press in this adapter that connects to the clear plastic vent tube.
  16. Tool Pants
    So far, no one has bought a set. If you buy a set, then come back. The 2.5 and the base 2.7 did not come standard with door sill protectors. The standard plastic ones were for the S. This is an aftermarket one being put on at a local work on cars days.
  17. Tool Pants
    When you power up the radio the display says CODE followed by 4 stars, because it is asking for the 4 digit code. If you enter the wrong code 3 times then the display says WAIT. Your friend entered the wrong code 3 or more times. You then have to wait 1 hour before you can enter a code again. During this 1 hour wait the ignition and radio have to be on, before you can try the code again.
  18. Tool Pants
    As I said before, it is not a good design. You have a plastic tank in the rear trunk, that needs to connect to a metal tube in the engine compartment, via a 3" rubber "heater" hose that has a spring band clamp on each end of the rubber hose. So where do you put the hose clamps when it is time to replace the tank - in places where it is a pain in the rear to get to them. When I did this I was frustrated enough that I was just going to cut the rubber hose with a knife - then probably wait 4 months for a new one from Germany. I did not think of cutting off the tank plastic nipple. But then, I guess when Porsche designed the car they did not think the generations of plastic tanks would be failing for 10 years and need to be replaced. For others, this is where the other end of the 3" rubber hose connects to the metal tube in the engine compartment. This is the hose that the instructions say to disconnect from under the car, but I gave up trying to do it from under the car. The picture is taken from the top after the engine lid was removed. Red X is the rubber hose. Green X is the metal tube. Yellow arrow is the new worm drive clamp that replaced the original spring band pesky clamp.
  19. Tool Pants
    I did not drain any coolant prior to pulling the tank. Once I slid back the clamp on the rubber hose where the hose connects to the plastic nipple on the tank, I pulled the rubber hose off the nipple and then tilted the tank up (blue cap was on) so that the plastic nipple faced the sky. That way I lost very little coolant from the tank. I dumped the coolant out of the tank into a plastic bucket and that old coolant went back into the new tank. Coolant from the other end of the rubber hose is not going to pour out the engine/radiators because the tank is the highest level of the cooling system. This is also why you really do not to bleed the system of air after a tank replacement.
  20. Tool Pants
    I don't know the history of the 914 series. I thought in Europe the 914 was sold as a VW and the 914-6 as a Porsche. In North America both versions were sold as Porsches, so there was no VW badge. This is why I was suprised to see the 914-6 VW Porsche badge. The lady who unloaded the car from a trailer said the car originally came from Germany where it had been raced. I could understand if it was a 914 with the VW badge, but not a 914-6. But from a google search I found images of 914-6 VW Porsche badges, so it must be original. I have seen the car at other local events in the past but never noticed the badge. Next time I seen it I'm going to stick on my extra Boxster badge and take a picture.
  21. Tool Pants
    Contrary to local popular belief - I do have a soft top. First time I saw it was in 2000 when I sprayed it with the Porsche stuff in the black can. Too much work, so I never did it again. I also have a hardtop - believe it or not. First time I saw it on the car was for 20 minutes in 1999 when I drove the car home and then took it off. I saw it again in 2001 when I put it on for 2 weeks to see what it was like. Other than that, it has never been on the car.
  22. Tool Pants
    You posted your message in the broken top section, rather than the general 986 section. Something is not right with the front bumper cover. Can't believe someone would steal a Becker 210 radio. I have a January 1997 that I have owned for 8 years. As others have said, pass on that one. That poor 2.5 should have been sold as a Boxster spec racing project.
  23. Tool Pants
    Saw this outside the shop of Don's Auto Werks in Campbell, CA.
  24. Tool Pants
    As I said, the tip is cosmetic.
  25. Tool Pants
    Make sure that the 3 connectors on the back of the cluster are actually seated on locked in place.
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