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  1. Richard Hamilton
    It is a common problem, and the trouble is you can't buy just the rod. You have to buy the whole actuator @ £276.42+VAT. Once fitted, it needs setting up with a vacuum tool, so is a bit of a specialist job. I'm not sure where you found the £60 rod - do you have a link?
  2. Richard Hamilton
    A genuine Porsche video, but I can't find the original on the Porsche site: Loren - perhaps you can embed the youtube clip here......
  3. Richard Hamilton
    Design911 are well thought of in the UK, but in my experience I can often buy genuine parts cheaper at an OPC with a bit of PCGB discount. Reasonable for aftermarket stuff though. As Loren says, also try Gert Carnewal, as he is highly regarded and very knowledgeable. His prices are usually pretty competitive too. No affilliation, by the way.
  4. Richard Hamilton
    9x7 keys do not have a programming code like the 9x6 ones. New 9x7 keys do not come with any tags or codes. The PAS unit reads the radio frequency from the remote, and progams it into the module. If you know the IPAS codes for the car, it can be done by anyone with a PIWIS tester. I have done it myself using a new key head, but I can see no reason why you couldn't use a second-hand key. Gen2 keys are compatible with Gen1 PAS modules (Porsche Access System).
  5. Richard Hamilton
    I wonderif it has lost its coding setings, and has changed to default settings for a N/A car? Know anyone with a PST2 or PIWIS who could check/re-code?
  6. Richard Hamilton
    You say 'at every cold start', but how long between starts? If I use mine daily I hardly get anything, but if I leave it a week it makes the same sound as your video, for maybe 3-4 seconds.
  7. Richard Hamilton
    But surely the point is that an IMS failure isn't going to happen to 90% of owners. Replacing the IMS bearing with a LN unit will protect you, but might be unneccesary for that 90%. The IMS Guardian makes sense to me, as it eliminates the "just in case" replacement cost. Just my £0.02.
  8. Richard Hamilton
    If you want the best technical information forum for all modern Porsches, stay right where you are. IMO it is by far the best, and there is so much common ground between the 986/987/996/997 that there is a lot of information that can be shared between models, which would be missed by going to a Boxster-only forum. Just my $0.02.
  9. Richard Hamilton
    Lost with that did you mean that if the fuel pump works then the immo is working? As Logray says. I think there is some confusion when you say "the immobiliser is working". When I say the immobiliser is active, I mean that the car is immobilised. In this case, the fuel pump won't run, the engine won't crank, and the ignition won't spark. Therefore, if your fuel pump doesn't run, the immobiliser may be active.
  10. Richard Hamilton
    That often happens when the main light switch starts to fail.
  11. Richard Hamilton
    You would be able to connect to the DME with your Durametric, even if the immobiliser (which is contained within the alarm module) was active. You could connect to the DME even if the alarm module wasn't connected at all. However, if you aren't getting any fault codes, I can only assume that the immobiliser isn't your problem. (Or the Durametric can't read that fault). Does the fuel pump run? If it does not, that would be a sign that the immobiliser is active. The immobiliser inhibits cranking, ignition, and the fuel pump.
  12. Richard Hamilton
    If you can get it hooked up to a PST2, PIWIS, or Durametric, the DME should throw up fault code P1570 if the codes don't match. Going back to the question about fuses, I think you will find that there is a small fuse in the alarm module itself. May be worth checking.
  13. Richard Hamilton
    Great job. Thanks for sharing.
  14. Richard Hamilton
    I don't know if this answers your question, but the alarm module can only be programmed with an immobilser code once. The DME will have to be programmed with the same immobilser code as the alarm module. The single beep from the alarm horn is only warning of an open compartment, as Loren says.
  15. Richard Hamilton
    I think you'll find they all do that. Mine certainly does. The level gauge is only any use when the oil is hot, and the car is at tickover on level ground. Edit: I just looked at my driver's handbook, and it says that too. "the level cannot be read off the gauge when the car is in motion".
  16. Richard Hamilton
    I would get the alignment checked first. A small amount of toe-out on the front or rear can hake the car feel very nervous. If it feels twitchy on bumpy roads, also think about reducing the negative camber to the minimun setting, but the trade-off for this is a slight amount more understeer. I'm talking road use, by the way. Track day gods will be rolling their eyes.
  17. Richard Hamilton
    It connects to the DME via one of the large plugs on the right hand side of the engine compartment. The brown wire is a ground, and the violet/green wire is an engine speed signal. It is the orange/red wire which is a mystery to me.
  18. Richard Hamilton
    I assume it some kind of special diagnostic connection. DME 5.2.2 used in the C2 996 for MY1998-99 must be a bit of a hybrid. RoW cars are not OBD2 compliant, but US cars had the addition of the secondary air pump, post-cat lambda sensors, etc, to meet compliance standards. Perhaps there is some diagnostic requirement that isn't available via the "OBD2" port. Just my guess.
  19. Richard Hamilton
    Can you pull the rubber boot off and check the wire colours: Pin 1 orange and red? Pin 2 brown? Pin 6 violet and green? If so, the wiring diagram says "Automatic Exhaust Gas Recirculation Examination". I have seen the same plug on a UK car, but I don't know what it is for sure. On the one I saw it was a 1998, and UK cars were not fitted with secondary air pumps, so I assumed it was for that.
  20. Richard Hamilton
    Here you go:
  21. Richard Hamilton
    I doubt it would work, as the 964 isn't OBDII compliant. You certainly wouldn't be able to read the ABS module.
  22. Richard Hamilton
    My bad. I didn't realise you were referring to the navigation drive - I thought you meant the head unit. You need to uncip the two small covers off the front of the unit at the sides, and put the removal rod tools in the holes which are under the covers.. Then you have to give it a good pull. They are very tight in the cage, and the cage often pulls out, rather thanthe drive.
  23. Richard Hamilton
    Here's the info for the 78- 930. Can't help with the washers either.... Pages from 930 Volume 1c Chassis.pdf
  24. Richard Hamilton
    I think you are correct, that the 16-bit navigation drive is compatible with the early PCM head units. As long as the navigation software reads PONAxxxx (not POIExxxx) then you should be OK to use the Opel NCDC/NCDR maps. However, you must run a Porsche 2002-1 map first. This does a software update, required for the Opel maps.
  25. Richard Hamilton
    If he doesn't mind losing the airbag, how about the RS wheel? I fitted one to my 3.2:
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