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Old 03-26-2025, 05:35 AM   #18
JFP in PA
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: It's a kind of magic.....
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Originally Posted by LoneWolfGal View Post
It's humbling, as I said. On the plus side, it does supply plenty of you-gotta-be-kidding stories to tell.



I don't doubt it. Have you seen one in the flesh?
I've only seen photos of it, basically it is exactly what just about everyone cobbles together to get the job done, only it cost $400 nearly 15 years ago. Funny bit is I was picking up parts at my local Porsche dealer and a tech was replacing a leaking IMS flange (common on early models, Porshe released a second design with better lip seals), and I looked at what he was using: a cheap deep socket with the business end turned down slightly on a lathe, center drilled out, and a nut welded on the back of it. A $10 functional replacement for the $400 factory tool...................
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