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Lew 07-05-2018 06:29 AM

I never go away from my car with the top down.....Not very smart! :D

Cunningr 07-05-2018 06:51 AM

I work on a very small military installation, no security issues. In town I barely even want to park anywhere! :D

Lew 07-05-2018 07:05 AM

We all learn some lessons the hard way. My strong advise is do not spray anything in you car that will kill bugs. It will always have the smell. I have never done that but know someone that did.

Starter986 07-05-2018 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Lew (Post 574534)
I never go away from my car with the top down.....Not very smart! :D

Why? Do you live in a rough neighborhood?

Cunningr 07-05-2018 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Lew (Post 574536)
We all learn some lessons the hard way. My strong advise is do not spray anything in you car that will kill bugs. It will always have the smell. I have never done that but know someone that did.

No I drove around till the were all dead or blown out of the car! Haha. Weird in the middle of a parkinglot they either have good taste in vehicles or like the dark color.:D

I only use chemical guys leather treatment products. Maybe the scent.

78F350 07-05-2018 08:28 AM

Today I put the seat and left side carpet back in.

A few days ago my 01 was making a strange clicking noise as I walked by. It turned out that the drain on the left side of the top had clogged and there was an inch of water under the driver's seat, shorting the central locking unit (immobilizer box).

Drying the circuit board in a bag with a desiccant after cleaning with alcohol.
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Left side carpet propped up for two days with a fan.
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Good as new now, or at least good as it was before as a previous flood salvage car.
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Cunningr 07-05-2018 09:23 AM

Nice job!! Another option i have used on cell phones is putting them into a bag of rice, it pulls out the moisture.

PaulE 07-05-2018 12:30 PM

Today I drove 440 miles in my Boxster from home in NJ to Mont Tremblant. I’ll be doing an HPDE here the next 3 days. Will drive down to Plattsburgh, NY on Sunday evening and the rest of the way home on Monday.

STRANGEPOLLY 07-06-2018 05:42 AM

Installed feq rear axle (already had chinese axle from prev owner slinging grease w/only13000 mi) new axle on drove 37 miles and it throws more grease than the old one! Guess i will take out a loan and buy oem...

dghii 07-06-2018 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by STRANGEPOLLY (Post 574601)
Installed feq rear axle (already had chinese axle from prev owner slinging grease w/only13000 mi) new axle on drove 37 miles and it throws more grease than the old one! Guess i will take out a loan and buy oem...

Buy a boot kit and DYI!

A8ked 07-06-2018 02:20 PM

Took the cover off the 964 and moved it out of storage. I took a few photos of the 964 and 986 together. It surprised me how much larger the 986 looks from behind. It might partly have to do with the contrast in color between Arctic Silver and Slate Grey. I never realized how much higher the taillights are on the 986.
Both are now cleaned up and ready for the weekend! :)http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1530915289.jpg

Cunningr 07-06-2018 02:57 PM

Very nice pair of steeds you have!

steved0x 07-06-2018 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dghii (Post 574611)
Buy a boot kit and DYI!

See if you can get a used pair from Woody and put new grease and boots, or if it is relatively low miles, just use as is.

If your new axle is brand new, maybe that is just a little extra grease coming out and it will settle down? I think I've heard that before.

I will say I cleaned my axles which were spitting grease, repacked with Redline CV-2 high temp cv grease, new boots, and drove to Atlanta for two days of on track mayhem plus 6 hours each way of highway driving, no grease leakage at all, I was pretty happy :)

Boatin 07-06-2018 06:03 PM

Over the past two days I replaced the water pump and serpentine belt. One lesson learned is to check the pulley wheel for play. If my Boxster had been serviced by a competent service centre that would have bee checked. SERVICED 6 months ago by dealer's yard.

Lew 07-06-2018 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Boatin (Post 574653)
Over the past two days I replaced the water pump and serpentine belt. One lesson learned is to check the pulley wheel for play. If my Boxster had been serviced by a competent service centre that would have bee checked. SERVICED 6 months ago by dealer's yard.


Plastic or Metal WP?

Boatin 07-06-2018 07:59 PM

Metal impeller. The old one was also metal and the bearing had a couple of millimetres of play in it.Total exercise probably cost me and the roadside service about $2400.

jdlmodelt 07-07-2018 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by paulofto (Post 471131)
Like the manual says, pump them up to 58 psi and don't put the car on jack stands or else the shocks may be subject to rusting. It's all in the manual, at least in my 2003 Boxster manual.

I live in SW Colorado and drive mine year round as often as I can. Keeps the tires from getting flat spots! Haha!

jdlmodelt 07-07-2018 04:09 PM

Details Please, what did you remove and what was the resistor value. Schematics, instructions, explanation?



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Originally Posted by Swhitcomb (Post 475086)
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Repleced both of them with a generic resistor I bought on ebay.

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They were both dead. Been driving the car around for about a week. It runs cooler now by 15-20 degrees.

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Rickvd 07-07-2018 06:05 PM

We had a great ride from Franklin to Nashville Indiana and lunch at the artist colony inn. This is the #9 ranked scenic route.

PCinDC 07-08-2018 07:18 PM

Wrapped a few projects this weekend. Going in for suspension setup and alignment tomorrow.


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