Tool Pants

Not that I know of, because you would have replace the entire dash and that is expensive.

I agree with all of the above. Time to get a new battery. "6800 miles and is 3 years old" says it all. Lead acid batteries do not like to sit being unused. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...50&hl=lemon You would not buy a 5-10 year old automotive battery that had been sitting on a shelf for all those years, would you?

My 1997 came from the factory with Bosch. They were in for the recommended 30K miles. When I replaced them I bought plugs from the dealer and inside the box was Beru. Those Beru plus have been in for 30K miles. I have noticed no difference between the brands.

So, did it do any good? Pic of a 996 non-egas.

Your image hurts my eyes. Point it out in my picture.

Went to Santana Row this morning. First time over there for this informal car show. Left my BB gun at home. Didn't take me long to find Luis. Got his email and emailed him a link to this thread. Asked him to pose for a picture next to his sound machine, but he was a bit shy about all the attention his car has been getting.... Jeff

And I remember when the only color was boring blue.

The post above is another reason I sort of gave up posting to these type of messages, with a bunch of internet experts, who have never even seen the engine on their Porsche vehicle. No clue why the engine failed other than your dealer or shop said you need to replace the engine. The heart of a Porsche is the engine, so Porsche says. Porsche charges a bit more than GM.... All that German engineering and so on. The thing is, for some Boxster Model Year 1999 cars, Porsche took defective blocks. Bored the cylinder out. Pressed in sleeves. Assembled the engine. Put it in a car. Sold it to the public. And some of the engines failed. I guess that is what you call keeping up with production. Then failures followed. Porsche has never admitted this happened, but there are pictures of it. Here is one of those pictures. Then Porsche went from a double to single row bearing for the intermediate shaft, and the failures that followed. I cannot prove it, but I do see a bent intermediate shaft in the next picture. Ignition switch, air bag light, and all the other stuff. So much for all that German engineering. I have no clue about GM vehicles. If GM had/has a problem with their product then GM came clean because of a lawsuit or economic conditions. It is no different than Porsche, other than sheer number of units sold by GM.

I have been a lawyer for 25 years, but now it is mostly just real estate. Been involved in 1or 2 real class actions, and a few bs ones. Bought my Boxster in 1999 and went on the message boards. The problems some owners had back then are the same a new generation of owners have now, engine failures and the RMS issue, and so on. I said back then that all the griping was not going to get the attention of Porsche - but a lawsuit would. About once a month on the various message boards some poor owner drums up the class action threat, and it goes nowhere - internet chatter. Some have started websites to vent their steam, and then it goes away as they move on to another vehicle. This is an example of the latest from Boxster owner Glenn who is on 2 Boxster message boards. http://glenn986s.zoomshare.com/0.html 3 years ago a 996 owner with the RMS issue asked me to contact this class action law firm. I told him that any firm I would due business with would get involved involved without an expert - griping owners do not make the cut. Plus it is just an oil leak. Plus you Porsche owners are not the typical Honda owner that needs a working to car to to work. Plus Porsche is a small company and they do not crank out 1 million cars a year like Honda, Toyota, and GM This is the firm the 996 owner asked me to contact. http://www.schneiderwallace.com/PracticeAr...C&ovtac=PPC I did speak to an attorney in the above firm on the phone. I told her what I thought was the cause of the RMS issue, but I am a lay person, and what I know has been told to me by the mechanics that I have come to know over the years. Sure enough, the lawyer asked if I knew an expert. I do know someone who I consider an expert but without an engineering degree. To make a long story short, I told the attorney that this someone would not want to be at all involved, since he worked for Porsche. Same sort of reason you ain't going to get Bruce Anderson involved. So, that was the end of that. I wish you luck.

The clip on the clear plastic? http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...=windstop+clips You just pry the old one off and the new one snaps in, unless that little round part has broken off and is stuck..

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1313 You can replace just the switch with the same VW/Audi style that you have now and keep your lock. Or you can replace the lock to the new style lock that comes with a new style switch. The new style switch will not fit your old style lock. A $400 estimate is going to be for the new style lock/switch. Your old style switch can be found for less than $20. A dealership is going to want to go with the $400 job because they do not want to see your car again, because there were so many problems with the old style switch, and because Porsche no longer officially sells the old style switch.

Some time ago Steve Evans of Bas International said they were going to make a DVD of the install. But I do not think it happened as I would have heard about it. So it is up to you....

Covered in post #6 with a picture.

There is a device now used by the dealers. That is the first pic. A local independent shop created their own version, I think they said, but it looks like a UView to me. That is second pic. I have considered UView because I like tools. http://www.uview.com/homepage.html You can also find it on ebay. You need an air compressor. I think someone in the 996 section said they bought the factory version but I do not remember for sure.

Second is Manthey Motors. http://www.manthey-motors.de/mainframe.asp The first picture shows it installed as it is for sale on ebay.

Had not see these before. First is from Agency Power. The website says it is made in the US. Funny thing is, the shift lever is installed backwards like the B&M knock-off, and has 2 set screws like the knock-off. http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/product...oducts_id/33948

The only TSB I remember had to do with replacing the booster on older cars because Porsche had changed parts. Don't know what is going on with your car since you replaced about everything. But take a look at this. http://www.pca.org/tech/tech_qa_question.a...D-7F0EF9486935}

Don't know. JMatta is on the Pelican board. Porsche has a cover plate if you don't have a radio. Never seen it in person, just on ebay. Again, I don't know if it will work for the a/c display location.

It clips onto the bottom of the shift tower unless you have a short shift and then it is removed.

A storage bin will fit where the radio goes, so I guess it will fit where the a/c display goes. Don't know for sure. Never seen anyone try to so that. See if it fits. Pic from JMatta.

There is even a mileage correction message board. http://www.mileage-correction.net/forum/fo...on-porsche.html They say if it is done correctly it cannot be detected. I do not know of any way to detect it other than using the rule of thumb and a Carfax report if you are in the US. I think in the 997 and maybe the newer 996s mileage is also in the DME - I forget. Whall had the mileage changed, http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=12805 In the old days with electronic clusters they would unsolder the chip - that you could detect. But they do not do that anymore.

I do not know where you can buy it other than from Porsche. I took this picture 2 years ago at a tech session. I have seen this version of the tool used with the 997 seal.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...operating+hours You may also look at the air bag hours, but I do not know if you can do that with durametric. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...32&hl=hours The engine operating hours are from the time you start the car until you shut it off. The rule of thumb I use is 35 miles per operating hour. But that is just a rule of thumb. The DME was replace on my 1997 Boxster in March 2005. I had 51,000 miles and 1,622 operating hours in 8 years. The new DME had zero operating hours.

I took that picture and this picture over 4 years ago, after I took 3 instrument clusters apart. I was going to put a 996 instrument cluster on my Boxster. I thought I had it all figured out back then. Now I don't remember off the top of my head.

When you turn the steering wheel this thing on the air bag spiral/contact spring pushes the thing that sticks out. There are a lot of plastic parts that you cannot see until you remove the steering wheel and all the stuff under it. If you want to give it a go then search on the board for messages like OBC or trip computer. We remove the steering colum switch assembly when we do an OBC retrofit. You might check with someone who has done the retrofit and see if you can use their old switch assembly.