Parting out a whole lot of Boxsters

[Carlisabadman986]

Hello,

The last time I accessed my engine I broke a couple of the little clips that you have to remove when you disconnect the convertible top from the arm that moves it. Please excuse my ignorance If my terminology is all wrong but anyone who has accessed the engine on a 986 should know what I am talking about. I managed to bend them and put them back on but they are broken and dont want to remove them again until I have better ones to replace. Do you a bunch of old ones lying around? Does anyone know where to buy new ones? I looked at pelican and I could not find the exact one.

Also whats everyone opinion on used coil packs? I threw a code that I am pretty sure was the result of a bad coil pack. I am looking to replace all 6.

Thank you

[911monty]

They are called retaining spring clips and excuse me to say that for something that regularly needs to be removed to place the car in the service position, are probably the worst designed POS on the entire car! Difficult to remove/install, need 2 people and trying not to damage the clamshell End of rant. Maybe Ben006 or someone could improve this design.

As ar as used coil packs I wouldn't hesitate to use from Woody if he says are good! Or search eBay and Quality porsche to see if they have a low mileage set. I've bought parts from both and have been very happy! Good Luck!

[Carlisabadman986]

Originally Posted by 911monty

They are called retaining spring clips and excuse me to say that for something that regularly needs to be removed to place the car in the service position, are probably the worst designed POS on the entire car! Difficult to remove/install, need 2 people and trying not to damage the clamshell End of rant. Maybe Ben006 or someone could improve this design.

As ar as used coil packs I wouldn't hesitate to use from Woody if he says are good! Or search eBay and Quality porsche to see if they have a low mileage set. I've bought parts from both and have been very happy! Good Luck!

No luck finding used coil packs for less than new ones from Pelican. Thanks for the recommendation. Agreed on the quality of those little clips

In case anyone is curious in the future the part # is 99950741309 for the retaining clips

[pieter1]

Hi woody send you a PM but forgot about this for the convertible top mechanism.
No. 5,6,7 and 27

[itsnotanova]

Originally Posted by Carlisabadman986

No luck finding used coil packs for less than new ones from Pelican. Thanks for the recommendation.

How much was he wanting for them?

[Carlisabadman986]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

How much was he wanting for them?

$350 shipped for coil packs that had 32K.

He included pics and I could see the brand was Beru which pelican sells for $40 a pop brand new. 6X40=240 and free shipping. There is another Coil pack from pelican that states genuine OEM Porsche and those are $60 new. I did not mean to sound like a cheapo who wanted crappy parts but I was expecting more of a price difference. think I will just buy new ones. Am i missing something?

I did find these

New 6 Ignition Coil Packs Porsche 1998 2003 911 3 4L 2 7L 2 5L 97 02 986 Boxster | eBay

But I think I will go with the new ones from Pelican.

Thanks again for putting me in contact though, even if it didn't work out.

[itsnotanova]

Originally Posted by Carlisabadman986

Thanks again for putting me in contact though, even if it didn't work out.

Sorry it didn't work out. People have started coming to me to see if I'm interested in buying their parts. I'm usually not interested but I'll pass their info on if someone comes to me looking for what they have.