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I have a 2001 Boxster S (US spec) with a 3 button remote. After years of carrying, the upper rubbery part with the buttons won't stay on the lower housing. It appears to me that the key blade, remote board, and pill can be removed and installed in a new housing. If it can, hope to save some $ by not paying for a key blank, electronic board, cutting and programming. Can I replace just the upper and lower plastic housings? If so, can anyone tell me the Porsche part numbers for those two parts?
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I have a 2001 Boxster S (US spec) with a 3 button remote. After years of carrying, the upper rubbery part with the buttons won't stay on the lower housing. It appears to me that the key blade, remote board, and pill can be removed and installed in a new housing. If it can, hope to save some $ by not paying for a key blank, electronic board, cutting and programming. What are my options? 1. Can I replace just the upper and lower plastic housings? 2. If so, can anyone tell me the Porsche part numbers? 3. In searching this board, I found a topic where someone switched the guts of the fob into a newer style 911 two button fob. Is there a newer style three button fob housing I can put my guts into?
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Oil Leak, Possible RMS/IMS? Pics Attached!
brucenoah1956 replied to panameras's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
I agree with spark plug tube o-ring diagnosis. Had same issue on my 2001 986S at 35K miles, but leaks had not progressed as far as yours. It was simple and inexpensive to replace both o-rings. I decided to replace the tubes while I was in there for a few bucks more. Tubes are plastic and degrade with exposure to temperature over time. Didn't want to risk future cracks by re-using old tubes. -
Sorry to hear of your bad luck. I had same thing happen to my 01' S a few years back. Deer took out hood and bumper cover, but no damage to cooling system. Doesn't help you, but Connans body shop in Zionsville, IN was recommended by Tom Wood Porsche in Indianapolis. They did an excellent repair.
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Seat back Wind Screens
brucenoah1956 replied to Mark Glevicky's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
My car has them, but they are prone to falling out. I was lucky the first time not to be driving at highway speed. It landed on the retracted top and I was able to stop and retrieve before it fell off. Added some small tie wraps to retain them to the roll bar. -
Keyfob Battery Replacement
brucenoah1956 replied to Lee Timmer's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
No trip to dealer should be necessary. I replaced the battery in my key fob last year following the intructions in the owners manual. Pry off the cover, R&R the CR2032 battery observing polarity, put cover back on. Good to go. -
OK, I admit that I am inept at searching this site. I was thinking that somewhere on here there was a DIY for throttle body cleaning on a 986S. My car is a 2001 Boxster S for US market with Tiptronic. Could someone please send me a link to this DIY? Thanks, Bruce
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Interest in a One-Touch Convertible button?
brucenoah1956 replied to highlow's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
Thanks, but speaking just for me, no interest in buying a one touch. Boxster top is already much faster than my friend's 3 series BMW. I'll just hold the button down for the few seconds it takes and keep $ in my pocket for other mods/repairs. -
2001 Boxster S with Tiptronic - Last night as I pulled in the driveway, got an urge to see how well parking brake might stop the car. Admittedly had no reason to do that, just wanted to see what would happen. Rolling at about 5 MPH with Tip in D and feet off of both brake and gas pedals, I pulled up on the lever while holding the release button down. I applied just enough pressure to generate some resistance at the lever. When I did that there was a bang or clunk from the rear end. I released the lever and drove it around fopr a while to make sure nothing odd was going to happen. There were no abnormal noises and acceleration / braking performance seemed normal. Any idea what caused the bang?
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Too late now, but you should have called the police as soon as you got to the car so that an officer could investigate and provide an official report.. The accident report may have carried more weight with your insurance company and the insurance company of the truck owner.
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2001 Boxster S Tiptronic with 24K miles. Noticed lately that throttle reponse coming off idle is not as sharp as it used to be. There seems to be a dead spot just off idle or when lightly "blipping" the throttle. If I press lightly on the pedal with the transmission in park and raise RPM to around 1200 RPM, engine speed fluctuates +/- 100 RPM. After doing that and releasing throttle, idle will sometimes sit around 850-900 then eventually drop. If I punch the throttle, response seems to be much quicker. What does the group recommend? Clean throttle body? Can someone give me a link to cleaning instuctions? Thanks, Bruce
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I've had the "loose change" sound from behind my left ear for several years now. Do a search and you will find lots of discussion on the topic of top noise. In my case the noise is coincident with road bumps, so think it is a body/top issue, not IMB at least in my case. Have not been able to track down the source on my '01 S Tip, so keep driving and turn the radio up.
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I had an occasional 1128 code on an '01 S Tip. Removed MAF and sprayed clean with MAF cleaning fluid back in October '09. No more codes. Cheap fix for $8 and 0.5 hours work.
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It is possible that the oil film came from the power steering reservoir just forward. The cap on the power steering reservoir is vented. Check your power steering fluid level. If it is low, bet that is wharere the film came from.
