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Originally Posted by Tool Pants
Who is the mechanic. How was he able to determine it was the intermediate shaft. What month and year was your 1999 made - need to look at the black sticker on the drivers door.
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The mechanic is Dan Jacobs LLC (Hairy Dog Grrrage). He's a very well-known indy in the area with a great reputation.
He was able to determine the failure from the noise it was making as well as all the metal in my 1200 mile old oil and filter. He says that the outer coating comes off the ball-bearings and ends up throughout the engine, resulting in failure and the wonderful sound of metal shards destroying expensive (poorly designed) machinery.
I obviously don't have the car handy, but if I recall correctly it was made in May of 1998. Does that sound right?
My current line of thought is to dump it for whatever I can get for it and go for an older, reliable, air-cooled, brutal 911.