Hit myself in the head today......

Back Story:
Decided to change the battery in my key fob because it had been a while and didn't want to find out it had gone dead the hard way.

Bought a new battery last week and put it in.
It didn't work.....at all.
No light no nothing.
Perhaps I bought an old, dead battery?

Was checking out at Target yesterday and saw them setting up a brand new display of batteries.
Grabbed a pack of fresh CR2032's

Opened up the case to swap out the battery and found that THIS is what I put in last week:

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:rolleyes:

I think there should be a second warning label on the other side cautioning people like me to remember to remove the other warning label prior to installation.

Haha thanks for the morning laugh, I think we have all done something similar!

I hit myself in the head so much, I need a helmet.


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At least you didn't swallow it! It says it is harmful if you do:D

I just returned from having a clutch, flywheel, RMS and LN Retrofit bearing installed by a local shop at 83,845 KM (52,400 Miles). I had this done because my wife and i are planning a long west coast trip in June and I wanted no issues while on the road. New tires were put on last week as well as brake/clutch fluid change and a full bumper to bumper check done.

New clutch feels great. The old IMS bearing looked perfect and rotated very smoothly. I removed one of the seals and, although it had no grease in it, there was fresh oil inside. I change my oil at least every 5000 KM (3000 Miles) so this may have a lot to do with the pristine bearing. The seals were perfect with no signs of breakdown. The mechanic said the flange seal was not leaking and neither was the RMS. I now have a very expensive paper weight, two if you count the flange, but a load of anxiety off my shoulders.

The car had an IMS Guardian that had a slow leak that, under inspection, showed that the leak was coming from where the wire leads came out from the sender. It sealed fine at the sump plate, which is where i thought the leak might be coming from. The leads are fine all the way to the end plug connector but the insulation at the sender is worn away. Maybe heat? It was installed only last year so I am a little disappointed that this has happened. I still believe the Guardian is a good idea, not just to detect IMS early wear, but for any kind of ferrous metal in oil detection. The shop put in a magnetic plug in the mean time.

I will be contacting LN Engineering when i get my paper work together and try and get a replacement sending unit.

So here are a couple of pictures of old bearing and the Guardian if anyone is interested. Any marks on the seal are due to me using a pick to remove it. It was perfect before i pried it off. The bearing was marked NSK and made in Poland

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Finally finished the roof rack for my Catrike Expedition today.

But first I had to overcome some obstacles. Like discovering that the previous owner (or dealer)
had replaced the driver side rear quarter panel. When I popped the side cover to install the Roof
Transport System rear mounting bracket, this is what I found:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1668/...0031341e_n.jpgBoxster missing hardware by Bill Salina, on Flickr

Had to special order the rivnuts (aka nutserts) from Porsche, drill 2 9mm holes in the quarter panel,
use a file to convert the holes to hexagon shaped holes, then used a revnut tool to install the rivnuts.
Finally got it to look like this:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1497/...65d70aa8_n.jpgIMG_2051 by Bill Salina, on Flickr

Installed the RTS, then installed my custom made Catrike roof rack onto the RTS. Took it out for a
ride around town at speeds up to 60 mph and everything checked out.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1526/...3f3b0dd6_n.jpgIMG_2053 by Bill Salina, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1705/...d9608325_n.jpgBoxster Catrike Mount 1 by Bill Salina, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1468/...8da465e2_n.jpgIMG_2058 by Bill Salina, on Flickr

Each wheel is held held in place by two straps for redundancy/safety.

so I drove to work....
 

So I got her back together yesterday, and drove her to work today.
Beautiful day, of course my co-worker sent my to Home depot, lucky me, no top=no security. but no one bothered her. stuff fit inside easy....

got back to the site and big boss came by and (basically) fired me,
"leave the site, start your weekend early and report to the office on Monday, we'ill find something for you to do there"...

Washed it and this:
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Love it! I've been looking for something to put on my spoiler for a while now.

Today was the 8 year anniversary of buying my 2002 Boxster. I have added a little over 85k miles and several modifications over that time, and I still enjoy every mile!
Day one pic:
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What it looks like now:
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drove around a real cutie pie,

she couldn't stop giggling the whole time

Turned over 130K without changing the IMS, or RMS or AOS. That's a lot of S!

Also took a siesta on the sies de Mayo.

Oil Change and Inspection at Valvoline after replacing burnt out rear tail light bulb (Auto Zone 5007). $21 inspection + $79.99 synth oil change + $34.36 extra oil charge - $7 coupon.

They wanted to do tranny and rear differential for $59 each. I said no.

1. Took off my front bumper and replaced my horns. Nice to have a working horn and not be required to use my middle finger any more.

2. Recharged my AC system. Worked when I brought it in for repairs and didn't when it came out. Works fine now!

Today I also took off my front bumper cover as well. I did it to remove all the debris and dirt that was in the radiators. It doesn't show it that much in the pictures, but when I pulled the A/C condenser away from the radiator, about a pound and half of old leaves, dead bugs, and other junk fell out. I'm doing a track day in a few weeks, and it can't hurt to have the maximum airflow for cooling.

While I had the front bumper off, I also re-routed the emergency frunk release cable so it can now be reached through the front grille opening.

Yesterday I got new tires mounted! BFGoodrich Sport Comp 2's stock size in the rear, 225/45's in the front.

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How tough was removing front to clean radiators? I need to do this.

Unless you have tip the diff and transmission fluid are shared fluid, it is a transaxle. If you have a tip I think.you have to take quite a bit off to change the diff oil. Major bullet dodged and $$$ saved :)

It's a just a lot of screws. Pretty easy. There's a YouTube video on it. Install some mesh grills while you have the bumper off, and you won't have to do it again for a long while.


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Cleaned my MAF, lubricated the top and clamshell mechanism.

It's pretty easy. The other poster suggested watching the you-tube video, which I didn't do. Watching it probably would have saved me some time, as I had to figure which screws needed to come out. If I ever do it again a second time, I'm guessing that it would take about ten minutes to do.

Be careful about what size mesh you put in the grill if you decide to do that. Anything under 1/4" mesh will really restrict airflow at highway speeds.

That's a red flag right there. If you had said yes, they probably would have discovered they couldn't do anything for you. (Or charged you and done nothing)

Began replacing spark plugs; did 1 side (passenger) in 3 hours! Will do the other side over next weekend; found some oil on 1 plug

Thanks! Will look up youtube.

Yea I'm sitting there thinking the tranny is the differential...

I changed the carbon canister and blew out the line the goes back to the manifold. I was getting codes P0446, P1124 and P1126. This seemed to work. If the code comes back I guess i'll have to get a new valve for $200. The canister was pretty clogged. I could barely blow through it. So I put one Woody sold me.

Todays I removed the super fugly warning labels from my sun visors.

Two and a half years ago when I bought the car I covered them up with some black vinyl covering stickers I got on ebay. The stickers worked great. But over the weekend I noticed that the stickers on the mirror covers had started to bubble (not the stickers fault - bad prep on my part).

I decided to finally remove the labels rather than cover them. So I removed the covering stickers, then used 91% rubbing alcohol, a bag, etc . to remove the labels. When I had the labels and all traces of the adhesive removed (the adhesive took a while), I gave them two light coats of Dupli-color Fabric and Vinyl paint. They now look brand new.

I drove a 400 mile round trip for dinner with my daughter and my grandson's opening game (T-ball). A nice twisty drive on the way up, then mostly highway back home at night. I was surprised how much attention the car got going through the small towns in rural Missouri. I'm still not sure of the rules for T-ball, but I think if you can keep most of the kids facing in the right direction, it's considered a win.
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Nice job, grandpa! Win-win-win deal for you.

And you are right on about T-ball. I remember "coaching" my kids' team - gosh, i guess about 24 years ago. Feeling old now :eek:

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This, right here, is the primary reason why I now own a 986. In fact, I believe a law exists that requires all grandparents to own a cool car for the wonder and enjoyment of their grandkids.

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It sure beats a Crown Vic or a Buick Regal

Unless...
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Or

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Funny!


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Installed a B&M short shifter, PO gave it to me and it was already installed in a mounting bracket so it was a breeze to put it. Went from shifting like a Mack truck to a sports car!

Pulled the bumper, cleaned the radiators and the shrouds. Then I washed the whole car.

I also fabricated new wheel spats from paver edging.

Changed spark plugs; cleaned inside rear wheels while they were off; replaced rear plexiglas on convertible; washed, polished & waxed

World's Most Expensive Plastic Bits
 

The wind deflector makes a bigger difference than I imagined. Expensive, but worth it.

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100% agree. Makes a huge diff at highway speeds, and my wife even said "cost a lot, but worth it."http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...452c8eb1c0.jpg

Thanks to Deadeye supplying salvage drivers side transmission I fixed my convertable top mechanism!!!

Nice to be able to push a button again and even better to not have linkage rattling around on bumbs.

Thanks Deadeye!:cheers: