08-20-2009, 06:03 AM
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Questions @ shifter pics
Thanks for the help. I do not Understand the 2nd pic. Where are we looking? The boxster is a '97 with a manufacturing date of 2/97. So the Bentley Manual shows a more complicated attachment to the tranny. Q1) how many cables are there? I forgot to say that 1st and 2nd as well as 5th and reverse are not working.
This is the first day I can even look at the job but it's going to be 95F today so I'm not working on it till Friday or Saturday in the morning when it's reasonably cool. The humidity here in Raleigh is a killer. Wish I had an air conditioned Wrench Garage. (see post)
Q2) What gets replaced with the short shifter? 
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08-20-2009, 06:06 AM
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Forgot B&M
B&M to me sounds like a can of baked beans. What is the "great B&M installation instructions"? Where can I find them?
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08-20-2009, 10:09 AM
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08-21-2009, 09:59 AM
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Chef,
It sounds like the cable that runs closest to the driver at the shifter has come out of the rear cable support that is mounted to the passenger side of the tranny. The drivers side cable handles the left to right motion of the shifter and translates it to the tranny. The part above he is showing you can also fail and give you the issue you are reporting. The part above he is showing us is at the base of the shifter and on the driver side of the shifter. That coupler goes to the cable that handles the side to side translation from shifter to cable. Typically I see the front to rear motion cable connector break!! Not the one he posted... BUT... two times this week now people have shown me pics of this side to side motion piece broken.
My suggestion? After determining it is a shifter problem or a cable problem? If it is the shifter? Buy a new shifter. New 997 stock shifter retails for $175 and I can barely keep them on the shelf!!
The rear plate: It is a heat shield to keep the heat off the shifters cables. Heat from the muffler/cats. It is just in front of the muffler behind the passenger side wheel.
Item 11 fails 2x more often than item 10 and both run about $15 retail.
Then the cables pop out of item 12 (it bolts to the transmission)
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08-21-2009, 10:02 AM
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Item 21 is used prior to buying factory Porsche parts 
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08-22-2009, 04:55 AM
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Thank you again
That diagram makes things clearer. I assume that the consul around the shifter will need to be removed to get to parts 10 and 11. If 10 has come off is it a forgot conclusion that the tranny conection has also come off? I would have assumed that the attachment on the tranny cable end would still be intact and not depend on the shifter end connection, but I could be wrong.
Today the temp is predicted to be in the mid 80s so I will be able to work on this.
I'll let you know what happens.
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08-22-2009, 11:34 AM
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Correct. The consul around the shifter will need to come off to access this area. You are in luck. There are only 2 hidden screws!!
I'm around all day today if you need to call: toll free 877-Spec-Box
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