What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[BFeller]

I attended a Cars and Coffee at Roads Scholar yesterday morning. Plenty great cars in the parking lot and the doors to their shop were opened. Plenty of beautiful and special Porsche's to view. Additional items included a Foose designed custom. I have had a chance to see part of the Ingram Collection in the past and this was nice thing. It appears they may be repeating it.

The car that really caught my fancy was an original IROC 911.

[alm001]

Snow is falling, so I guess I'm going to fill the tank, and put the insurance on hold.

I've got a decent list of stuff to do while its sitting- heater core, turn signal stalk, amplifier mount, caliper paint. I should also check on my AOS mount... I think it's leaking.

[M3Bonus]

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of changing out a burnt out bulb on the passenger side. I bought a pack of 2 and decided to change both. Anyone who has done this change may know the struggle I had to deal with! The clips holding the electrical wire behind the headlight were broken of course and I had to get creative to attach them in. Did a search here and decided to remove the wheel well to get a reach. The clips on the well were quite annoying and I managed to break one. I did not remove my front wheels and only removed 2 or 3 clips in front of the wheels. This barely gave me enough room to fit my arm in there and tighten the wire into the headlight.
Prior to this method I tried taping behind the wire so they would not be pushed away when installing the headlight back which did not work.

I am glad I can drive her at nights again

[ksjohn]

Saturday my Boxster rolled over the 100K mark.

[grc0456]

Originally Posted by ksjohn

Saturday my Boxster rolled over the 100K mark.

Nice milestone ! Keep it going.


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[rexcramer]

Well done sir.

Originally Posted by ksjohn

Saturday my Boxster rolled over the 100K mark.

[particlewave]

Didn't actually do anything with the car, but the Sachs clutch kit arrived today. $298 with free shipping from Vertex Auto's eBay page. Darn good price

[particlewave]

6 hours into my clutch job. Transmission should be out within the hour.

[particlewave]

And it's out...not bad for a day's work.

[jcslocum]

Originally Posted by particlewave

And it's out...not bad for a day's work.

Now the FUN really begins. How much "while I'm in there" work will there be?

[Anker]

Made an appointment to have her serviced and winterized, and then she goes into hibernation - in the attached garage. The tent is for the poor Subary Forester that is my daily driver.



Anker

[BoxsterSteve]

Originally Posted by Anker

The tent is for the poor Subaru Forester that is my daily driver.

Anker

Your DD Forester has a tent?
Mine's jealous. It doesn't get to go inside unless something needs fixing. Just welded up the noisy resonator pipe on mine on the weekend. Ah, the sound of silence!

[BruceH]

Nicely done Charles

[911monty]

Looks Well Done and Done WELL

[Anker]

Is the jig your own design?

Anker

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by BruceH

Nicely done Charles

Originally Posted by 911monty

Looks Well Done and Done WELL

Thanks, guys
This is definitely a DIY job that most could tackle without much trouble. It's a bit time consuming, but not difficult.

Originally Posted by jcslocum

Now the FUN really begins. How much "while I'm in there" work will there be?

RMS, flywheel, clutch disc, pressure plate, throw out and pilot bearings, etc. I opted to leave the stock dual row IMSB alone. I hope that doesn't come back to bite me. I've never had any ferrous metal in the oil, so hopefully it will hold for a while longer. I will replace it at the first signs of failure (assuming there will be warning signs).

All parts were installed last night (wrapped up at 1am). I'm going to put the transmission back in today and hopefully get it all back together by tonight.

Originally Posted by Anker

Is the jig your own design?

Anker

The red bar? That's a Harbor Freight engine support bar. The cost was reasonable, so I just bought one rather than make my own. I put a jack under the sump as well, but it's not supporting any weight. It's just there for added peace of mind.

[911monty]

Hey PW. Looking at your pics it appears that your driver side axle shaft has some gear oil on it along with the crossmember. Mine looked just like that and I could smell the gear oil burning on the exhaust. It would be real easy to change that trans output shaft seal before you put everything back together. Of course it can also be done later.

[PR61]

Particlewave, how high did you get your car off the floor to get the transmission out, say at the jack stands?
Thanks!

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by PR61

Particlewave, how high did you get your car off the floor to get the transmission out, say at the jack stands?
Thanks!

16" from the floor to the jack points with a 3.7" low profile transmission jack. It came out with plenty of wiggle room. If you took the rear bumper off, you wouldn't even need it that high, but it does help when crawling around under there. After I got the muffler out, I could actually sit under the car cross-legged with my head where the muffler was. With the trans out, I could sit to work on the clutch.

Not nearly as high as I've read others say it needs to be.

[PR61]

Originally Posted by particlewave

16" from the floor to the jack points with a 3.7" low profile transmission jack. It came out with plenty of wiggle room. If you took the rear bumper off, you wouldn't even need it that high, but it does help when crawling around under there. After I got the muffler out, I could actually sit under the car cross-legged with my head where the muffler was. With the trans out, I could sit to work on the clutch.

Not nearly as high as I've read others say it needs to be.

Thanks, for the measurement info!