Blue boxster resurrection project

[Homeoboxter]

Yesterday I tackled a bit with the starter. Not that it really needed obvious attention, just if it`s out I thought I look into it.



Came apart easily. No need to replace anything, after some cleaning and regreasing everything can go back together.




Transmission gears run on needle bearings. Pretty thoughtful.



This is kind of odd, grease seems to be migrated from the gears while sitting during the 11 year long nap..



After a bit of cleaning:



Planetary gears regreased:




A 24 mm socket helps holding the brushes during reassembly.



Done.

[Ronjoy]

This is a great post, thanks very much. You seem to approach this job with confidence and inspecting/rebuilding accessory components while they’re in your hands makes good sense. I wonder what your career field is.

[Homeoboxter]

Originally Posted by Ronjoy

This is a great post, thanks very much. The diesel as a cleaning agent seems to work really well. Interesting the ims brg apparently had LN update but clutch wasn’t done? You seem to approach this job with confidence and inspecting/rebuilding accessory components while they’re in your hands makes good sense. I wonder what your career field is. It does appear the cleaning removed the factory applied anti corrosion material. Any thoughts about that or is living in Calif and no salt the answer? I wonder if you had the pistons with valve contact checked for damage. It would be interesting to talk to a factory engineer re oil level during operation under various conditions. Sorry to take so much of your time, thanks again for your post

I`m glad you like the post. This engine was totally untouched before me, had the factory dual row bearing and seemed to be perfect. Since I pulled it out and has 100k miles in it I will have to find some replacement. No LN update. Corrosion is not an issue here in California, also most of the engine is covered underneath so I`m not concerned about that. The engine parts that are coated are aluminum parts, that can be damaged by very aggresive corrosives, like salt as you suggested. But who uses a boxster in winter? No apparent damage on the pistons, I think they are good to go back. I`m an amateur hobby mechanic, my career field is biology related.

Cheers,

Greg

[Homeoboxter]

100000 miles expressed in brush wear:



I decided the put the original brush set back as it`s one unit with the rectifier and the quality of the aftermarket version seems worse than the original. There`s still a lot of meat left in these brushes.



Done.

[Qingdao]

Very impressive work. Are you going to "nut and bolt" restore the whole car or just the engine and periphery?

[Homeoboxter]

Originally Posted by Qingdao

Very impressive work. Are you going to "nut and bolt" restore the whole car or just the engine and periphery?

Huh, I really hope I don`t have to touch anything else, but probably that`s a very naive assumption The rest of the car seems ok though, apart from the 11 years rest.