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JFP in PA · 03-20-2012, 10:38 AM

Porsche uses a lot of unique tools, and being such a small market, the aftermarket tool makers often chose not to make them. A good example it the special tool required to install the latest version PTFE RMS, it is a two piece tool that is only available from Porsche, and costs $500.....and has to be ordered.........all to install a $23 seal. No one in the aftermarket makes one to date. But it could be worse; the legendary “Pin out box” that the OEM diagnostics manual seems to need for every circuit test costs over $1,000, and there currently is an eight month wait for them……..

So what you are encountering is pretty much SOP for a shop that has not done one of these before.

03-20-2012, 10:38 AM	#6
JFP in PA Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: It's a kind of magic..... Posts: 6,273	Porsche uses a lot of unique tools, and being such a small market, the aftermarket tool makers often chose not to make them. A good example it the special tool required to install the latest version PTFE RMS, it is a two piece tool that is only available from Porsche, and costs $500.....and has to be ordered.........all to install a $23 seal. No one in the aftermarket makes one to date. But it could be worse; the legendary “Pin out box” that the OEM diagnostics manual seems to need for every circuit test costs over $1,000, and there currently is an eight month wait for them…….. So what you are encountering is pretty much SOP for a shop that has not done one of these before. __________________ “Anything really new is invented only in one’s youth. Later, one becomes more experienced, more famous – and more stupid.” - Albert Einstein Last edited by JFP in PA; 03-20-2012 at 10:48 AM.