Just had some preventative maintenance done and I am glad I did. I picked up my 02 Box S a few months ago and actually got it from North Scottdale Porsche after 3 weeks of back and forth until they finally met my terms. They had done all the maintenance since new and had gone through the car and repaired a number of typical age related items for which they provided me a copy of the invoices ($2k total). When I picked her up she had 41k. I drove her 3k since and figured it was time to get ahead of a few things before they caused problems.
The first was the water pump. Sure enough it was showing the first signs of failure with a very slight leak coming out of shaft in front. With the pump out the system got flushed and refilled with distilled water, Porsche approved coolant and water wetter.
The second item was the IMSB and RMS. Both showed signs of leaking oil. The IMSB when I opened it up the grease was gone plus the shaft wobbles a bit (at least to my untrained I. Not a good sign. For anyone interested the part number on the IMSB was 6204DU17 NSK England.
While the manual transmission was out we changed the gear oil. Didn't think it would make a difference in how it shifts but it definitely feels smoother and easier to shift.
Wanted to change the brake fluid in preparation for some upcoming track days but figured out the factory lug key was missing so of to the dealer I went yesterday and the parts guy played guess which of the 30 different lug keys works on my lugs. The brake fluid change will need to be done in the next week.
Of course we did an oil and filter change. Opened the filter open and it was free of any internal bits.
Last thing was the fun part. Installed a underdrive pulley from Pedro's Garage. Definitely adds a little kick that is most noticeable above 4.5k rpms and so far I notice no other change to steering, electrical and cooling. When it gets hot we will see how the A/C works.
All in I feel good that I got ahead of some potentially expensive issues.