What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[RedTele58]

Drug home another stray. Non-runner. 2000 Base. 5-speed. Bairritz White. Metropol Blue top and interior. Immobilizer got wet and has been sitting in the guys driveway for the past year. The Oklahoma rains of the past few weeks added to the wetness.

Unloaded it and started drying it out with the wet vac. Making a parts list. Dug through my project car parts shelf. Dyno wheels powdercoat Guards Red that I've had sitting for about 5 years waiting for a white car. Had a new set of Continental Extreme Contact Sports mounted earlier in the week. Clear headlights, clear corner markers, 550 SE taillights will show up tomorrow with the UPS truck.

Spent yesterday scrubbing and cleaning. Most of the (easy) electric stuff works; lights, turn signals, top, dash lights, HVAC panel, radio. Windows came down then stuck at 2/3 up when raising the top. I imagine its a bad microswitch in the latch assembly.

I'll get the immobilizer sent off to ECU Doctors and see what they say.

I needed another summer project. I now have one. I've been wanting a white/blue car for about 5 years.

A big Thank You (I think ) to Jon (78F350) for alerting me to the car, and for him and Woody for already helping with the advice and knowledge.

More to follow as it comes to life. (Think a Martini Racing livery) :dance:

[78F350]

Don't get me wrong Rick, but I would have been all over that car if I wasn't already out of space and in way over my head with other projects.

[RedTele58]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Don't get me wrong Rick, but I would have been all over that car if I wasn't already out of space and in way over my head with other projects

What'd you do? Buy an entire police departments surplus cop bikes?

[78F350]

Originally Posted by RedTele58

What'd you do? Buy an entire police departments surplus cop bikes?

I sold a Boxster and just bought one bike. ...then realized that you can fit about four bikes in the space of one car ...and somehow there's suddenly six bikes here that can all use some maintenance.

Don't let it happen to you. Stay focused. That's going to be a cool car when you get it sorted.

[Newsguy]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Don't get me wrong Rick, but I would have been all over that car if I wasn't already out of space and in way over my head with other projects.

Hey! Another Airhead!

[LincolnPeters]

And yet another... CHP has us waiting six weeks to get this referee’d for a title, doh! The fresh carb bits arrived in the mail Wednesday...

[ndfrigi]

Did also mine last month just before it was used for our family friend daughter’s wedding get away car. It give me a reason to finally able to fixed my seats.
1st seat (passenger seat) took me almost a day with stop and go because of ways how to do it and the driver side probably less than half day. Just need more stretching or maybe if I have a time soon to use steamer and heat gun.

[ndfrigi]

more pics of the seats

[TeamOxford]

Originally Posted by RedTele58

A big Thank You (I think ) to Jon (78F350) for alerting me to the car, and for him and Woody for already helping with the advice and knowledge.

I believe 78F350 picked up a used, working immobilizer and all the bits recently. Maybe he could part with it now that he's got all those bikes to work on?

Just wonderin'.........

TO

[RedTele58]

Originally Posted by TeamOxford

I believe 78F350 picked up a used, working immobilizer and all the bits recently. Maybe he could part with it now that he's got all those bikes to work on?

Just wonderin'.........

TO

The very first thing Jon offered was to send a loaner my way.

After the car got wet, the PO of the car purchased a new immobilizer. He stated he installed it and the car started briefly, followed by electrical smoke, then the car shut down. At that point he pulled the immobilizer so it wouldn't get wet again until he could figure it all out.

Then COVID hit and he lost his job, so the car has been sitting since with the immobilizer safely tucked away. I have it sitting on my dining room table (one of the many perks of being a bachelor ) now.

I'm going to go ahead and send it to ECU Docs. They'll bench check it for $95. If it checks good, then I can mark it off my list. If it's bad, they can repair it. It'll be peace of mind to have them check it over before I dig too deep on something only to find out later the immobilizer is bad.