Geraintthomas, you nailed exactly how the car's current state is in, kind of mind boggling actually. By the way, I appreciate the helpful comments you've made, gave me some hope that there's still civil and helpful people amongst this community. :cheers:

So I went ahead and ordered a SPEC stage 1 clutch last night. With my dual mass flywheel in good shape still, I'm going to stick with that and eliminate the potential rattle noise of a lwfw. I also purchased the Rear Main Seal and LN engineering's IMS retrofit kit(that got expensive quick:eek:) Not to mention the tool kit for $350... :eek::eek:
I found out that my IMS Bearing is a dual row IMS. Is this better than the single row IMS?

Is there anything else that anyone would recommend changing/replacing while the tranny is off?

Check your cv joints and half shafts, they are dirt cheap to replace as a unit with refurb units and you are going to be in there anyway. If you replace them buy new microencapsulated bolts to go with them.

Hmm, yes..

While there, I would replace the throw out bearing, the plastic sleeve that holds the bearing, and visually (carefully) inspect the large steel stamped arm for stress cracks..

Good luck!

Dual row bearings last longer and fail less often.

Consider changing the coolant expansion tank if it is original and the AOS. Also, while you are poking around in there it may be a good idea to replace the vacuum hoses on the engine. The old ones are likely to be brittle. How old is your water pump? AOS + Coolant tank + Water pump (and 160 degree thermostat while you are at it) = about another $1,000, but its well spent if you are having the down time anyway.

It is threads like this that give these cars a bad name, and by bad name I mean things like "hairdressers cars".

Clutches were ment to be replaced, we've replaced many on cars where people were just driving them around like normal. Stuff happens.

Drive it like you stole it, don't worry about the nay sayers.

There are tons of very helpful people here. The help you get depends a little on your attitude.

Maybe if you had introduced yourself before ragging on people here your responses would have been a little different

as far as the IMSB, don't be lazy, do a search, there are lots of threads on that subject

You're definitely right on that, I did a poor job with an intro to who I am. I was so caught up with what just happened to my car, and people skills didn't even get put into the factor. I apologize for coming off as that "kid" who is reckless on the public roads.

My name is Randy. I'm 24, from Seattle, WA . My dad was a mechanic his whole life so i have a tiny bit of backyard mechanic skills. He sold me his boxster S after purchasing a 05 996 turbo S, and a few months later, I ruin the clutch.

Once again, apologies for coming off the way I did.

Good luck fixing the car, no one wants to see a broken box, but that's half of why we are critiquing your driving style. Treat her as your fiancé and not your side hoe is all I'm suggesting.

Hi Randy

One last thing.........
It ain't real without pictures :cheers:

Listen to Jake, or one of his friends in a big oversized pickups might drive over your car

Nice to meet you Randy. The suggestions of additional things to do while the trans is out aren't a must, but as your dad can well tell you the key to keeping these cars on the road is preventative maintenance.

Since it was his car, he can tell you if the AOS, water pump, coolant tank have been done. Those jobs are tight spaces jobs (especially expansion tank and aos) and with all that room to work if they haven't been done now is the time to do it.

New bleed nipple cover for slave cylinder :) that thing gets baked on there and when I bled my clutch it was hard as heck to remove.

Another easy retrofit while the trans is out is the gbox/others 2nd gear pop out prevention fix, which is very hard to do with the trans in. I have one but have never gotten around to installing as I heard from some folks that the issue seems to more common to 996 turbo folks.

Steve

Those cars can go 185. We can only go 165(ish).

All real bro, Ill take some tomorrow. I'll even show you the fairlady...

My two beauties
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and the beast...
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What year is the Nissan?

It's a 96.

I had a 2008 350Z before the Boxster what a great ride that was.

I agree fully, just 1 downside to that car, the rear window is tiny. I wonder how the 350z rear window compares to the boxster glass convertible top...:confused:

You couldn't see too much from the back window on the 350Z as it was small and your sitting so low that you could hardly see anything. The Boxster is OK at least mine is as it has the backup sensors.