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Old 07-28-2016, 05:09 AM   #2761
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Today I got my 03 Base's title changer from salvage to rebuilt and got her registered!!!Bought her in N.J. and got her trucked home last November. She needed a right front fender, hood, bumper cover and a headlight as well as lots of little stuff including a small piece of unibody. A local body man welded on the new unibody piece, "Pulled" the frame a bit and I installed the bolt on stuff. He painted it and guided me thru the maze of regulations Conn. has. Conn requires the vin number of doner cars and receipts for major pieces. To make things easy I bought a non running roller and had a receipt and vin for major parts. It all worked out well and I'm looking forward to driving her tomorrow. Seal gray with 60K She'll look good beside my 01 S. Bruce
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Old 07-28-2016, 05:21 AM   #2762
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Cleaned and oiled the filter on the CAI. Needed it bad.
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Old 07-28-2016, 08:30 AM   #2763
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This thread has got to be the most popular on this forum. It's approaching almost 200,000 views!
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Old 07-28-2016, 09:06 AM   #2764
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New windshield installed. No more pockmarks!
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Old 07-30-2016, 05:00 PM   #2765
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New shifter cable clips, tranny end

Installed TuneRS shifter safety clips on the tranny end of the shifter cables. The bushings were a little warn and had gotten a little sloppy. These clips have made the shifter feel tighter and more precise, along with the renewal of the cable ends at the shifter itself the whole thing feels new.

Getting the factory clips off was the most difficult part of the job. Not a lot of room in there to work. I removed the heat shield and that helped but it is still tight.

Very worthwhile project.
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Old 07-31-2016, 03:28 AM   #2766
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Replaced Bosch starter with Ebay special.

Might regret it but I replaced German engineered Bosch starter (which turned a bit slow and didn't release quick enough so it made a horrible screeching noise) with $75 Ebay Chinese special. On the outside, the Chinese starter looked great. Only thing noticed was slightly smaller diameter power cable from relay to motor.

I read posts where people suggest greasing the old starter but there is no way to get grease into the bendix gear assembly where it is really needed on the Bosch design without breaking the starter. It is a crimp sealed design.

Car now starts faster and doesn't make embarrassing scary sounds.

Job was much easier by accessing lower starter bolt from front access panel with 4 extensions pieced together.

Scariest part was somehow I blew radio fuse in process and when replacing I lost backup camera signal. Messing with wires it magically fixed itself.
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Old 07-31-2016, 06:00 AM   #2767
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Shaved about 20lbs off of her.



I should have cut those brackets off. I thought they would line up. Maybe next time.
I got rid of all the rattling while I was under there. I think the car actually ended up quieter without the secondary cats.
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Old 07-31-2016, 11:47 AM   #2768
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Put in a new air/oil separator and secondary air air pump. Now working on replacing the passenger side camshaft position sensor if I can find the darn thing.
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Old 07-31-2016, 05:28 PM   #2769
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Yesterday I put new front brake discs and rotors on my '03 S. I went with ATE zinc coated discs and Textar pads. I used new caliper bolts but the existing clips and Phillips screws on the discs were fine and I re-used them. Also re-used the wear indicators since the pads had not worn into them. I also cleaned the calipers and touched up a couple of chips on them using some VHT caliper red spray paint that I sprayed onto some cardboard and then used a touchup brush.

I hadn't changed a set of brakes in almost 40 years. The only thing that threw me for a loop was the things glued to the pads that have "pistons" that go within the caliper pistons. But since I was removing the calipers I figured it out!

I was going to buy the Zimmerman discs but Pelican had the ATE discs for 10% off and the price was a bit less to start, so I went with them. The only thing I wasn't expecting was that the disc surfaces were also zinc coated, I expect that will just wear off as the pads bed in. The Textar pads had the same Textar part number on as the original Brembo pads I removed. I got 61,500 miles out of the car's original front pads and rotors. the rears are still going strong. I could have gotten a few more miles out of the fronts, but I'm doing my second DE at Palmer in 4 weeks and needed the new pads for that!

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Old 08-01-2016, 05:23 PM   #2770
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Got the yellow out of my headlights

Took out the litronic headlights I picked up recently and using my Harbor freight DA polisher and some Mothers headlight polish got the headlights looking far better. Now I just need to pick up some clear corners w/o the washers.

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Old 08-01-2016, 05:27 PM   #2771
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Looking Good!

Nice work on those headlights 911Monty!
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Old 08-01-2016, 05:31 PM   #2772
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Nice work on those headlights 911Monty!
Thanks Paul! Amazing what that does for the look! Far better. It'll be interesting to see the light output after dark.
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Old 08-01-2016, 05:32 PM   #2773
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Nice work, Monty. Great result! Those plain clear corners were the most expensive little plastic bits I ever purchased, though.


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Old 08-03-2016, 07:43 PM   #2774
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Well decided to do the mod where my top comes down or up while in motion ..... I hate pulling over just to get the top up.


Here is a quick video on how to do it!!!

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Old 08-04-2016, 11:02 AM   #2775
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986ohana just remember to keep your speed down (below 30 mph I think). Your back has no speed limiter and above the limit air resistance can bend your top frame!

Today was one of the 10 best days of the year weather-wise so I did my 60 mile commute with the top down the whole way!
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Old 08-04-2016, 06:31 PM   #2776
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Today I took the axle nuts off my parts car ( 986 ). Six sided 1 1/4 1/2 inch drive and long pipe. Tight but easier then I feared. I want to put CV joints on them and use them on my 01 S. The par ts car is a 98. Are they the same?
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Old 08-07-2016, 04:22 PM   #2777
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Music to my ears

Compact, powered sub installed under the passenger seat. Found one that fits perfectly with zero loss of passenger foot room. (Kenwood KSC-sw11). Also added some rear speakers - 4 JL 3.5's - amazing the difference they make.

While not audiophile quality - really makes a nice sound on those long, straight drives. Then in the curves you can turn it down and listen to her purr!
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Old 08-07-2016, 08:29 PM   #2778
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While not strictly what I did to my Boxster today , I went to visit Woody and have a look at his Boxster graveyard . Truly a site to behold and he took me for a spin in his 3.4 , I didn't know they went so well , I baby mine too much , when I get home it's going to be driven more . The time he spent with me and my family is really appreciated , Woody is a real gentleman , many thanks Woody .
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Old 08-07-2016, 10:57 PM   #2779
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It was on Friday, but I did an oil change. Had 115,100mi at the time of service, and no debris in the oil filter! :dance:

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Old 08-08-2016, 05:16 AM   #2780
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Well, it was on Saturday, but I removed the CDR 220 from my '00 S, and installed an Alpine CDE-149BT. Can play music from my iPhone via Bluetooth, make and receive calls hands free, use my phone to navigate, and more.

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