Little concerned

[jb92563]

See, every used Boxster comes with buried treasure.

Sure beats a box of CrackerJack.

PS: Take the Wife and yourself to a Porsche Performance Driving School. More fun than you could imagine, you'll make some new Porsche friends and you will learn how to avoid collisions and drive like Mario Andretti.

[bella986]

Have tried two dozen sites for a "Ball Cup Bushing for Shift Lever for 1997 2.5l boxster", all seem to stop at 1995 L4 for that part , are they interchangeable?
looks like the remnance of the one i pulled out of the adjustable rod end loop
thanks

[Gary_d]

Originally Posted by bella986

found my problem thanks to your combined guidance. it ends up being a deteriorated joint rod retainer clip , exactly where sb01box suggested to look. Any idea where i can find the plastic retainer clip, parts schematic does not show it, only adjustable joint rod, OEM 986 424 931 05 for rod assembly, hoping to purchase just the 5/8" diameter push retainer.

took console out to better understand cable-shift operation, found another interesting surprise. as there is a slit between the ashtray and console, the ashtray being used for coins, they tend to fall through. found 16 years of loose change!

That's too funny, I found the same thing! Car rattled all the way home when I got it. Pulled the console and found $23.75 in quarters and about 100 toothpicks! Add it to the parts fund.