Converting 2004 Boxster Power Steering to 12V

[PorscheFan5]

Gilles,

Do you have any pics of the welded tips? It would help to see what worked for you and exactly where the cut and weld was made...

Thanks.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by PorscheFan5

Gilles,

Do you have any pics of the welded tips? It would help to see what worked for you and exactly where the cut and weld was made...

Thanks.

PorscheFan,

I am currently on a business trip (OH, with 17F…!) and I am not sure that I have pictures with me, otherwise I will have to wait until my return to OC Saturday afternoon.

Where in CA are you located? If close you are welcome to stop by and see my setup, or I can take some pics for you on the weekend.

Regards, Gilles

[PorscheFan5]

Hi Gilles,

Weekend for the pics will be just fine. I am located in San Francisco Bay Area. Not driving distance for me to come by and check out your setup... However some pics will help before I tear apart the rack end fittings...

I am thinking it will probably be better to use a 45deg fittings or 90deg fittings to weld to the stock tips?

Thanks!

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by PorscheFan5

Hi Gilles,

Weekend for the pics will be just fine. I am located in San Francisco Bay Area. Not driving distance for me to come by and check out your setup... However some pics will help before I tear apart the rack end fittings...

I am thinking it will probably be better to use a 45deg fittings or 90deg fittings to weld to the stock tips?

Thanks!

PorscheFan,

Yes, you will be welding the AN fittings (45 or 90 degrees) directly to the OEM fittings that are attached to the steering rack, the OEM fittings are held to the rack by a metal plate and single bolt.

You will be cutting off the thin (pressed) aluminum 90 degree tubes.

The factory O-rings keep the OEM fittings from leaking…

[PorscheFan5]

Gilles,

Thanks. You are correct, I cut off the thin 'crimped portion' of the fitting using a rotary tool with a flat disc carefully. The black tubes came out and sure enough there was an o-ring inside. Took the o-ring out as I won't be needing it.

I realized that both the fittings on the rack side are made of Brass! So I have to now get 2 6AN Male to 1/4 NPT Male 90 degree fittings in Brass (Google CTX-B). I plan to cutoff the NPT side and have the fitting welded to the fittings from the Boxster. Have to find someone that can TIG weld Brass. The pressure side is going to take pressures of 1000+ psi so I am not going to try and weld it myself... Also I don't have a TIG gun and don't know how to TIG weld yet..

Will attach pics once I am done.

Thanks for your help! Cheers.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by PorscheFan5

I realized that both the fittings on the rack side are made of Brass!
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PorscheFan,

The fittings on my car (Cayman), were made of a light color steel (Stainless..?) I also remember clearly that right after finishing the instalation of the cooler on my car, I saw here in the forum a post from Eric (Eric323..?) offering the fittings for sale in case someone wanted to install an oil cooler.

Actually, I copied this design from one of the BSR cars on his shop, maybe Eric can set you up with the steel fittings that will be easy to weld to a standard AN fitting....

[PorscheFan5]

I already has talked with Eric523. They do have a few pairs of the fittings left, however their fittings do not have the one-way valve at the end of the high-pressure fitting. Not knowing if I could discount the valve I decided against going with those fittings.

Good news, my fittings are ready! See attached pics

• My Porsche rackside fittiings are Brass
• I got two Brass fittings - 6AN Male to 1/4 NPT Male
• Found a welder who Brass welded the fittings on the Porsche fittings that I cut and took the black tubes out of

These are Tig welded using Silicon Bronze. I think they turned out real good and will do the job just fine. This weekend I will fit these...