What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[grc0456]

Nice work, Paul!



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[grc0456]

Holy cow, Froggo! That is crazy, glad you made it through safely.


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[flete25]

change the ignition switch and starter motor ...I feel so good I was able to do this job my self ..it boosted my confidence up I feel like I can do anything on this car now.

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by flete25

change the ignition switch and starter motor ...I feel so good I was able to do this job my self ..it boosted my confidence up I feel like I can do anything on this car now.

Good Job! I'm going to do the ignition switch next weekend. I've done a few things on my car but nothing involving the engine or removing any of the engine access panels!

[flete25]

Originally Posted by PaulE

Good Job! I'm going to do the ignition switch next weekend. I've done a few things on my car but nothing involving the engine or removing any of the engine access panels!

for the ignition make sure you have a short and thin friend to take the two screws that hold the ignition together...it worked for me ..lol ! am a big guy and didn't want take the seat out

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by flete25

for the ignition make sure you have a short and thin friend to take the two screws that hold the ignition together...it worked for me ..lol ! am a big guy and didn't want take the seat out

At 6-3 and 200 I'm not small either. I'm planning on removing the side air vent, the lower ductwork and maybe the headlight switch, but not the seat. Amazon is delivering a headlamp that straps to my head and I'm buying that $7 flexible screwdriver set from Harbor Freight.

[steved0x]

Originally Posted by PaulE

At 6-3 and 200 I'm not small either. I'm planning on removing the side air vent, the lower ductwork and maybe the headlight switch, but not the seat. Amazon is delivering a headlamp that straps to my head and I'm buying that $7 flexible screwdriver set from Harbor Freight.

That's how I did mine Removing the headlight switch and that vent made it a lot easier for me

[particlewave]

Burned up my damn clutch! Arghhhhh!!!

:troll:

[dbear61]

Originally Posted by particlewave

Burned up my damn clutch! Arghhhhh!!!

:troll:

Not good enough! We need the story behind this!

DBear

[particlewave]

I figured teaching a teenager 1st gear starts would be easy in a big parking lot if I pointed him downhill.

I figured wrong.

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by particlewave

I figured teaching a teenager 1st gear starts would be easy in a big parking lot if I pointed him downhill.

I figured wrong.

Sorry to hear. Tried teaching my wife to drive manual on the Boxster, and after a few stalls, I told her that was it for the lessons that day. Perhaps your clutch was on it's way out soon anyway?...how many miles on it?...

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by Boxtaboy

Sorry to hear. Tried teaching my wife to drive manual on the Boxster, and after a few stalls, I told her that was it for the lessons that day. Perhaps your clutch was on it's way out soon anyway?...how many miles on it?...

Most likely was worn to begin with, though I never noticed it slipping. The car came with a fairly extensive service record and there's no mention of a clutch job anywhere, though I'm not sure a stock clutch could last 96k miles.

I got rid of my dd a few months ago, so I'm stranded until I get it done and that may be a while.

[particlewave]

Looking back at the first page of this thread...post #4...we were so young and stupid, Liesl and I.
Where did the time go?

I may be a bit intoxicated...signing off.

[dbear61]

Originally Posted by particlewave

Looking back at the first page of this thread...post #4...we were so young and stupid, Liesl and I.
Where did the time go?

I may be a bit intoxicated...signing off.

Were you in a locker room when you posted that?

DBear

[78F350]

I changed the oil...


Then took it for a spin:


...Should have used Mobil 1.

[itsnotanova]

That happen quick!

[Giller]

Yesterday, top down driving and 20 degrees celcius.....today, snow! Spent the day washing and waxing and vacuuming and she's ready to hibernate.
#can'twaitforspring

[78F350]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

That happen quick!

Very quick. It's a down hill, off camber turn and needs to be treated with a little more respect than I gave it. If you hit it right on line, you can accelerate really hard out of it and blast right through turns 8 and 7. For now, I need to not worry about speed and focus on the fundamentals.

[Boxtaboy]

96k is pretty good for a clutch. Hope you get her back on the road soon.

[PaulE]

Well I left work a couple hours early today, came home and changed out the electrical switch portion of my ignition lock. I ordered 2 of the $7 Meyle switches from ECS Tuning, but because I ordered another part from them that wasn't in, those won't be here until next week. So I cancelled one of the switches from ECS and bought one at my local NAPA store. It was pretty straightforward, thanks to the tips here and at Pedro's. One weird thing, the wrapping around the wires for the lighting on the light switch was really gooey! I wrapped that up with some black tape and cleaned up the goo, put it all back together and everything works!

I was surprised that this plastic part caused the steering wheel to not lock and that the car started and some things worked, but not the headlights and not the heated seats! So I was concerned that changing this switch out for a new one wasn't going to fix everything, but it did!

I have to say my hands and wrists hurt from getting in there to do the work. I had a great boss for 10 years who used to say "I'm getting too old for this ****!" about stuff in the office. I'm starting to feel like that about some of these jobs!

Tomorrow I get to drive the Boxster to work and back, 120 miles total, with my new Ben006 ball bearing shifter and my new Nine8Six projector lights!