26Jul2010
944 Electrical Issues
Yup….electrical issues. Joy. There is nothing cheap about paying someone to diagnose an electrical issue. I had a 944 come in today which the owner had just purchased. It is a nice 60k mile, 1 owner car, but it has sat for the last 5 years. The windows didn’t work, the blower motor didn’t work, the sunroof didn’t work, etc. Another shop had diagnosed it as a bad ignition switch. The problem, is that it is really rare for an …
26Jul2010
Timesert or Helicoil?
So you have damaged the threads in something really important and you need to fix it. What do you do? Probably the number one answer you will get is to install a helicoil. A helicoil is a spring like insert which you install in the hole which provides for new threads that the bolt can catch when installed. In my honest opinion, the fix will last about as much as the helicoil costs….not long. Helicoils are notorious for pulling out …
26Jul2010
The Doc Travels As Well
Recently I heard a rumor that a good friend of ours was too busy to fix his broken 951, so a group of buddies decided to pack up and show up on his door step to help him with his problem, lol. The only issue, is he holds South Dakota residency 🙂 Friday night myself an a couple of buddies loaded up and took off on the 4 hour trip to SD. Saturday morning we were ready to go 🙂 …
18Jul2010
Busy Weekend Again
After the Donkey left on Saturday, a few more rolled in. I had some quick work to do on our 997TT project to get it ready for Hallett next Saturday. Then came in a 996TT (also headed to Hallett) for a clutch accumulator and a brake fluid flush. I should take stock in 996TT clutch accumulators. This will be the 3rd one this month. If you didn’t catch my update on the previous accumulator job, the bulb in the accumulator …
05Jul2010
996C4S Oil Change/Rattle in Engine Bay
Had a buddy drop off his 996C4S tonight for an oil change in preparation of a trip. As soon as I started the car, I noticed a rattling coming from the engine. Immediately IMS jumps into your head, but I didn’t think it could make that much noise and keep running, lol. The quick diagnosis…..shut the car off and close the driver’s door…….rattle. So definitely something not related to the motor. My initial thought was the baffles had come apart …
05Jul2010
PSS9 Adjustments
Saturday morning I knocked out an oil change on an 05 Boxster right away after PCA breakfast, and then had a buddy bring by his 996TT that was having some erratic suspension behavior when it would hit bumps. The kit had been adjusted previously to try and stop this behavior before it came to me, but they were definitely adjusted incorrectly. The rear settings were at full soft or the “9” position (pss10’s are opposite). This was causing the car …
01Jul2010
GT3 Seats and Tequipment Rollbar Install
Time to get rid of the living room furniture and put it to use, lol. Finally go the mounting hardware kit for the rollbar and did the install today. Since it was a nice day…..it was a driveway install 🙂 Pulling the old seats out. Old seatbelt bolt out. Since this GT3 had seats and a rollbar in it previously, I was pretty sure at least one of the bolts would be knicked up a little from install and deinstall. …
30Jun2010
The 928 That Wouldn’t Go Away…….
LOL, never ending project it seems like. Or maybe it is the little puppy that lost it’s way. The downside of working on the older cars is that the parts supply is much smaller and takes longer to get stuff as it is not regularly stocked. ……Tackled the vacuum lines in my spare time and pulled the last FPR off to prep that for replacement and new lines. I got most of the vacuum lines done that I could reach …
28Jun2010
Donkey Continued……
Got a little further on the Donkey tonight. Got the front end torn down, waterpump replaced, spark plugs, wires, cap and rotor replaced. Unfortunately I ordered the wrong tensioner arm for the timing belt, so I will have to wait for that. We are also waiting for the fuel line kit to come in as well. When the 928 came out, it had the longest timing belt of any production vehicle. Not sure if it still holds the record, but …
26Jun2010
996/Boxster Climate Control Display
One problem that is popping up in the 996/986 owners is the display unit on the climate controls going bad. Sometimes parts of the numbers do not illuminate/burn out, or you get a half moon or bleeding of the LCD screen. The solution use to be replace the control unit which ran about $350 plus install. There is now a cheaper solution of just replacing the LCD screen. This boxster had an issue with part of the numbers (temperature) not …