Gotcha. I want the CarPlay by trying to see if anyone has experience with it because it’s expensive (I.E., $400-$500) which is the cost of a new iPhone pretty much.

Disabled the battery killing LED on the radio today. Took a few tries but figured it out.

oil change, brake fluid flush, alignment. got a ten-day vacation (road trip) coming up - three tracks, four track days. Castrol Raceway in Edmonton Alberta with Track Junkies, then Gimli Motorsports Park in Manitoba for time attack with WSCC, then over to Area 27 in BC for a session and finally back to Castrol (if i have any tires left).

Put a for sale sign on it....

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Designed, machined, and installed home made rear subframe connector on my 986s and my buddy’s 987s. Based on Pedro’s techno brace.

Dropped stabilizer bar bushings to lower stabilizer bar, unbolted midpipes from headers, and placed and bolted subframe bar. On buddy’s 987s exhaust doesn’t need moving to fit bar and the install on his car took maybe 15 minutes.

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So do you really notice any difference in stiffness?

Today I finally got my hardtop removed for the summer. We moved in April, finally had the garage painted inside last week, was able to install my wall rack for the hardtop and had a friend come over and got the hardtop off and on the wall for the summer. Tomorrow I will swap my 17 inch wheels for my 18 inch wheels and install the Brey Krause roll bar extension. Wednesday I'll bring it in for an oil change, brake fluid flush and tech inspection for the NE Region Mont Tremblant HPDE on July 6-8.

Owned almost 10 years, all amazing. I purchased a neighbors 2003 911 Cabriolet.
Hate to see this Box go but gotta do what I gotta do.

I went to our local Porsche dealer to celebrate the 70th anniversary with other Central Indiana Region PCA members.

Was this at Tom Wood in Indy?

Edit: Went to website and saw it was at O'Daniel....sorry I missed it. I'll send you a PM...

Not yet, haven’t been able to push it hard enough. Debatable if it makes any difference. Some claim it does, others claim it doesn’t. Something to do for $30 bucks of aluminum and a few minutes.

My first oil change on the Boxster
 

Did my first oil change on the Boxster today. All went well until I started refilling with the new oil. After pouring a few litres in I had a look underneath and oil was dripping almost directly below the filling inlet in the boot. I got under and it was coming from a tube about 1/2 "which I think probably could be an overflow. Anyone had this happen to them ?


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Cut open the old filter to check for metal fragments, clean as a whistle !

BTW Luv my Boxster

I cleaned my MAF sensor. That was the first time I had it in service mode. That was kinda damn hard. It is an 01 with a glass window and it seemed like I could not get it to go up far enough to make more room. I also put it on jack stands to look underneath. I smell exhaust sometimes on start up and wanted to see if I could see anything loose or looking out of place. I could not really see anything.

Forget to add, Friday night I plasti dipped my headlight wiring that was all cracked out and reinstalled the LED low beams. I like them a lot better than the halogens. They provide a great amount of light.

Most likely a cracked oil fill tube. Common problem.

There are only 2 oil tubes that run from the "boot" to the engine. One is the big 2" filler tube and the other is the dipstick tube. Both are plastic and both tend to get very brittle. There's no overflow for oil, btw. I've worked on my engine and had both tubes break from age. Not expensive, but not real easy to replace.:ah:

I <3 my Boxster, too!

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Removed and buffed today.

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That looks fantastic. I am long overdue to do the same. After I finally removed my hardtop I realized I forgot to connect the soft top rear defroster. When I did the receptacle in the interior panel unsnapped from its little plastic clip and wouldn't go back in. So I took the panel out and used a small zip tie to keep it in place. The zip tie was a little too big so I used a utilty knife to trim it on top just a bit so that the hardtop and soft top plug can go in and out easier. I cut the end of the zip tie off after I took these pictures.



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New radiator cap. Just in case.
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Changed the oil.
For the first time in it's life, it didn't get Mobil 1.
I put Shell Rotella T6 in (opinions not necessary :D I did my research). I did have some quiet ticking on cold start that I could also hear when warm and close to a building.

Nice and quiet, now. Seems more smooth overall, too.
Happy for now...we will see. :)


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What I did today other than polishing my exhaust tips was to try and find the rattle I hear when shutting down the engine. I jacked the car from the rear and used my rubber hammer softly banging around on the muffler, the cats, and their heat shields, etc. I was not able to hear or see anything loose that would be making this noise. I first though something had broke loose inside the muffler. I might add I hear it sometime and sometimes I don't. It seems when back from a drive and everything is hot. Got me stumped!

PaulE, nice simple fix! I've been dealing with the same issue and will copy your fix, THANKS !!

I missed the "AND" in your opening statement...I read "changed the oil for the first time in it's life" and thought...WTF? It's funny how your brain can skip over a word that is so totally absolutely relevant; even worse, I must have read the post 5 times trying to figure out how you never changed the oil. Lol. :)

And now I await the obligatory oil comments....

Yeah, that was poorly written. :D

Turn the car off with the clutch pushed in, and report back.

Here is a no kidding statement a friend of mine said: " I never change the oil in my Car and have never had any maintenance done on it, I just drive it" he owns a Lexus convertible, not sure how the hell its still running, but I couldn't believe that statement as we were discussing having my car maintenance done. I am certainly gad to know not to purchase any machinery from him!!!!:eek:

My pleasure glad it will help someone else. Get the thinnest back zip tie you can and you’ll be golden!

Is your friend’s car a leased car that will become Certified Pre-Owned? :)

No rattling noise with the clutch in and turning off the engine.

It's your flywheel. I think a lot of these cars do the same thing.

No he pays cash will drive it til it breaks! Fortunately.

A Porsche Tech said, it sounds like the flywheel. He said, sometime a spring jumps off the flywheel and it will cause the rattling. Now what I need to do is open up things and see. I can get a LUK DMF42 for just under $400.
I searched the forum for someone that may have had a rattling DMF, but no success.

On my way home from work I got hit in the windshield by a small rock that left a perfect five legged star, although the top one isn't visible in this picture, a little bigger than a quarter. My comprehensive insurance has glass coverage with a $50 deductible, I'll call them tomorrow and see if that means I can get a new windshield or if it only covers an injection that's supposed to keep the cracks from spreading. Luckily it's below my line out sight out the windshield.

What a shame! If it turns out you get a new windshield, who are you planning on replacing it?

I'm not sure. My independent Porsche specialist gave me the name of the glass guy they use. If it's covered by insurance I'll see if I have a choice of who to use, and then I'll go from there. I'm hoping to get a nice job done, no big globs or gaps between the glass and the interior trim on the inside and the outside trim fit nicely.. With 76,600 highway miles my windshield has so many small specks it looks like the milky way when I drive into direct sunlight anyway.

My windshield has a number of small specks too, So many trucks now on the highways with gravel, sand and other trash being carried to dumps, etc. You are lucky if a rock bounces off the windshield and don't leave a mark. I try and stay back several car lengths, like 10 or so. Road cracks leave small rock chips laying nearby and cause a lot of windshield damage.

Am I brave enough to tackle this job like Ben. It's a long way just getting there. Rear Bumper off, muffler off, transmission mounts has to come off, braces, etc. The Tech said today it's 7 hours of labor to replace the DMF.

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Went out for a stress relieving night drive. Couldn't stop looking at her as I walked away. So much hotness happening all at once.

UMMMM you might be interested in this thread........http://986forum.com/forums/boxster-general-discussions/65111-where-do-you-mount-your-smartphone-3.html.

The title scares me. :eek: