Question for Jake re Aussie installer - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Pinarelloman · 06-14-2010, 11:23 AM

Jake,
If you don't want to put their names on the forum, can you PM me a couple in the Sydney area please.
Thanks for your time.

Steve Tinker · 06-15-2010, 11:52 PM

I would also be more than interested in getting this information from either of you as my 2001 S now has 72,000Km on the clock and am not intending to sell soon - a definate keeper so I may as well have someone reputable to replace the bearing and install a new clutch at the same time.
Jake - looks like you going to get a working holiday in Sydney and then have to come up to sunny Queensland - I hope you drink beer........

Jake Raby · 06-16-2010, 05:24 AM

I have a close friend in Queensland, I have been convincing him that he should focus more on the M96 Porsches more than the older cars that he works with now.. He came here last July and trained for a month.

I'd love to make the trip, perhaps we could get several owners together and I could borrow some shop space and do enough procedures at once to make it worth the trip for me ???

Pinarelloman · 06-18-2010, 10:35 AM

If that sort of thing is possible, I will happily send my car to QLD for you to work on. Then I can fly up & drive it home.

How many vehicles would you require to make this a viable proposition for you Jake?

Jake Raby · 06-18-2010, 12:10 PM

I'd need to do at least 4 retrofits.. I'd rather do a total of 6 to make it worth my time away from the shop and to recover from the 26 hours in the air!

Pinarelloman · 06-18-2010, 10:12 PM

Want a deposit now?
I am sure we could get 6 people together for IMS retrofits.
What is the going price for them in AUD$.

Jake Raby · 06-19-2010, 04:08 AM

What the charges will be would be dictated by the shop that we'd be doing the work in.. I'd rather have a chassis dyno available for before/ after comparisons..

Costs would be around 3K US for my full service, including tensioner cleaning/ replacement and internal inspections.

Get 6 cars together and I'll start looking for a place to work. I can bring all the parts and tools with me. Once the 6 cars have been rounded up we'll get deposits, probably just enough to cover my air fare, the rest we can do while I am there.

I should have one of my engine assembly classes while I am there, I have several Aussies interested in attending them here, there would be better.. But I would need an M96 engine out of a car for this.