10May2010
993TT Upgrade to Fister D Stage III’s
A friend of mine has acquired a new to him 993TT which is in excellent condition. Very low mileage, well taken care of, but the previous owner installed a set of Fabspeed mufflers a few hundred miles before selling the car, but the problem was, the tips just wouldn’t line up straight. While we could get them somewhat close, it was still like the tailpipes had walleye vision, with one tip pointing one direction, and the other rotated and pointed …
10May2010
Intermediate Shaft Bearing
Ooops, I said it, the dreaded IMS issue of the boxsters and 996’s. This weekend we tackled upgrading the IMS bearing in a buddy’s 1999 996 C2. The IMS issue is the main cause of failures on the engines found in the early boxsters and 996’s. The early design was a dual row ball bearing, followed by the later design of a single row bearing. Typically failures are seen on lower mileage cars that are driven sporadically. The theory for …
05May2010
Brake light on?
Is your brake pad light on? Car making odd grinding noises, worse when you hit the brakes? Weird fluid seeping out underneath one of your wheels? Might want to get your brakes checked! This is from a BMW that came in yesterday. I have never in my life seen a rotor this bad, it was so bad the piston actually popped out of the brake caliper because it was over extended! No wonder the car didn’t stop! Seriously, brakes are …
05May2010
1995 993 SAI System Removal
One of the major issues of the 993 is clogged secondary air injection ports in the cylinder head which causes a dreaded CEL light. The thing is, the SAI system is only active on start up, and really is only an emissions thing to prevent excess hydrocarbons on initial startup. The nice thing, is that the 95’s are OBDI and do not have a CEL light to trigger. So most likely the majority of 95’s are running around with clogged …
03May2010
993 C2 60k maintenance.
Last time the car was in we noticed some cracked spark plug wires, and really had no history of a full 60k service, so we decided to take the plunge and get it done. Picked up a set of wires for a song, and we will reuse the old boots since they are in nice shape. First up was to install a front bumper bar to prevent some curbing. Right side muffler off, going after the spark plugs. Top side …
03May2010
Audi DE Inspection
Finished an inspection on a 951 last week getting ready to do the upcoming Audi DE event at Heartland park. A quick brake bleed, inspection, and replacement of a few missing door check bolts, and it was ready to rock!
Had a buddy bring in his 993 today for an install of an Atiwe steering wheel. The install took some trial and error since what little instructions came with the wheel weren’t for our model car, and they were in German, lol. Eventually we got it figured out though: Using a t-30 torx, remove the 2 screws on the back of the wheel holding the airbag on (disconnect the battery for 20 minutes before removing airbag, yada yada). Unplug the …
14Apr2010
What in the hell……
Somehow a 1999 MB 320 showed up. So I did a full brake job on it and sent it on it’s way 🙂 Luckily, the owner also has a Boxster S 🙂 The rears were about 30% remaining, but the fronts were almost down to the metal….somehow the pad sensor light had not gone off yet….odd. Also, luckily this MB did not require the Star Diagnostics to do the brake job.
14Apr2010
911 Targa Alternator
Finished up the alternator change in the 911 targa the other day. Voltage output dropped to about 14.2 which is more acceptable. Still want to clean some grounds before sending it on it’s way. Removal is a bit tricky….. Out of the car. Removing the shroud. Removing the fan Bunch of crap came out of the inside….. And going back in 🙂
11Apr2010
Busy Weekend: 911 Targa
Last car of the weekend (I hope) is a 911 Targa that was only 1 headlight working on high beams, no other settings work. It is all about getting a good case history 🙂 Turns out the owner kept over heating batteries (had gone through about 3 of them), then all of a sudden his headlights started to flicker, then eventually the low beams died, then one high beam gave out. First thing I did was check the output voltage …