Butter! If done right putting the transmission back in is a piece of cake! Doing it myself last night I got it to sync up and ready to pull down the bolts in 20 mins. I just turned the crank and on the 3rd attempt she slid right in. Tightening the bolts down takes time but that's cool with me.

In the home stretch now. I'm taking it slow because my neck is hurt but the rest should go OK. I have a new slave to hook up and bleed, we'll see how that goes.

The first time I start the car I'm sure I'll be nervous. Thanks everyone for your help, the rookie moves on.

Not to be a party pooper, but; if your slave is not already bolted onto the transmission you may of wished you had done that later when you try to get it into place. At least that was my experience. I ended up loosening the tranny and letting it tilt down a wee bit to line up the slave cylinder holes. Small hands would of helped also but mine are not. Good Luck.

[QUOTE=coreseller;271938]Not to be a party pooper, but; if your slave is not already bolted onto the transmission you may of wished you had done that later when you try to get it into place. At least that was my experience. I ended up loosening the tranny and letting it tilt down a wee bit to line up the slave cylinder holes. Small hands would of helped also but mine are not. Good Luck.[/QUOTE

Was already in :). Just hooked it up had some lunch, now going to bleed it. Ya that little bugger can be a b0tch to put in.

Super easy to put in. Put a light coat of grease on the rubber boot..... and push from the back of the slave with a semi long pry bar. I nail it in 5 seconds. It will sit there without the bolt in it (sits in the recess) The rubber boot at the front of it is what slows you down/stops you. It needs to slide and not be dry.


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Well.... hows it running?

Thanks Brad - ya I learned this through trial and error.

Hoping to attempt tonight, have to be at work late and still have some assembly to do so hopefully will get to it. I'm crossing my fingers when I start it.

OK so I finally got her down from the lift and fired it up. Was an interesting night!

- Started right up and seemed to run very smoothly.
- Clutch feels much different, It didn't bleed as easy after installing the new slave as it did when I just bled the system last year. I may do it one more time. The clutch feels easier to push in and engages much easier. The part I'm not sure about is it almost feels like it doesn't want to pop all the way back out, kind of like if bleeding was not done completely correctly. I have driven other Boxsters though and it kind of feels like those. Question - If it is not bled out completely i.e. say some air still in it, would that cause problems to the clutch? It wasn't slipping at all and there was no odor.
- Here is the scary part...so I drive around the neighborhood several times, I'm feeling good about things so i head out (now remember I'm in the country and it is pretty lonely if a breakdown occurs), well not 1 mile down the road I hear an awful sound like I ran over something, then I realize it is coming from behind my seat. I'm thinking well there goes my engine, but it is running just fine. The sound was really bad, a loud flopping sound, but as I get closer to home it starts clearing up. I pull int he garage and start praying it is just the drive belt...well sure enough one strand of the belt has shredded. I was so thankful, but also thought it was very strange. The belt is < 1 year old however it always fit too tight I felt. I've had this thing on and off many times and not had a problem putting it back on right. I'm guessing since I considered this an easy part of the job and the lack of light I must have missed a groove on one pulley. I still have the original and will put it back on and be very careful. I'm hoping this was just a rushed mistake, I usually double and triple check all my work but maybe I didn't.

good luck. sounds scary

Success!
 

I'm back in business! Clutch is just fine, just feels different and works like a charm...easy enough to use now that maybe my sometime girl will be able to get into 1st gear.

I must have left the belt hanging one groove off the back side of the power steering pump, easy enough mistake to make, I've noticed before putting it back in that it like to not seat itself.

Pushed it hard (6000rpm+) and it pulls well. The oil tube where the main leak is seems fine but that joint over the engine end still seems to leak a little, no drip but it still isn't right. I think it just a bad design, I put a plastic tie wrap around it to hold it up a little, and maybe that will help.

I'll post details of what parts I got and tools and cost tonight. If I can get her cleaned up I might make it to Car's and Coffee tomorrow, my pumper got a lot of swirls from my pants hitting it putting it back in.

Cheers.

Congrats!!!! A bit of self satisfaction is well in order. If you're anything like me, in a week or so you'll look back and say "Hell, it really wasn't THAT big of a deal".

Congrats on a job well done. I'm impressed! I'm looking forward to seeing your parts list.

I'm not going to make it to C&C tomorrow. If you do, take some pics of any interesting whips.

BTW, does Stuck have a 991 on order? Delivery date?

Thanks man! C&C was busy, a lot of Porsches. I didn't take any pics, too busy socializing :) and making new friends. Yup the 991 'S' gets here in March, he is so excited. We're talking about taking a trip to Charleston and Savannah when it comes in. Suppose to have a 2000 mile break in period but you know gonna be hard to hold him back!