Attention all DIY's.....
 

The Bently service manual is finally almost here. I already placed an order for mine. Here is the email I received Yesturday. Now you know what to ask the wife to get you for Christmas! I can't wait!!!

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<http://www.bentleypublishers.com> Porsche Boxster Service Manual:
1997-2004 <http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=pb04>

Porsche Boxster Service Manual: 1997-2004
<http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=pb04>
Available December 15, 2005
by Bentley Publishers
<http://www.bentleypublishers.com/author.htm?id=81>
ISBN: 0-8376-1333-7
Softcover, 8 3/8 in. x 11 in.
670 pages
909 photos, illustrations and diagrams
Includes 32 page color Boxster Familiarization section
Bentley Stock Number: PB04
Price: $99.95
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Dear Fellow Porsche Enthusiast,


Here at Bentley Publishers, we are putting the final touches on our
forthcoming Porsche Boxster Service Manual: 1997-2004
<http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=pb04> . This repair
manual covers the Boxster and Boxster S models with practical
explanations, step-by-step procedures and accurate specifications. We've
also included a 32 page color Boxster Familiarization section in the
front of the book, giving overviews of some of the systems and features
of the vehicle.


The Porsche Boxster Service Manual: 1997-2004
<http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=pb04> is scheduled
to be released December 15, 2005. With the holidays fast approaching, I
wanted to keep you informed about this release date affects our shipping
deadlines. Our standard UPS Ground shipping usually delivers your order
within five to ten business days, which would not be enough time to
guarantee delivery for Christmas. Since December 25th is on a Sunday
this year, we are recommending the following shipping methods for
delivery in the continental U.S. by December 25th.

UPS 2 Day Air - Cost $24.95
Place your order by Tuesday, December 20th

UPS Overnight - Cost $39.95
Place your order by Wednesday, December 21st

I'll send along another email when the book arrives in our warehouse. In
the meantime, if you have any further questions about the Porsche
Boxster Service Manual: 1997-2004
<http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=pb04> , visit
www.BentleyPublishers.com <http://www.bentleypublishers.com> or contact
me directly by phone at 617-528-4065 to place your order.


Sincerely,
Maurice Iglesias
Sales & Marketing Manager

Not to burst your bubble but I ordered the same manual on Amazon for $62.97 with free shipping. Sure, I may not get it until the first of the year but so what, I don't have any DIY projects comming up that can't wait an extra week.

Shipping Details (order will arrive in 1 shipment)
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Shipping Method: FREE Super Saver Shipping
Shipping Preference: Group my items into as few shipments as
possible

Subtotal of Items: $62.97
Shipping & Handling: $3.99
Super Saver Discount: -$3.99
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Total for this Order: $62.97

Shipping To

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Shipping estimate for these items: December 23, 2005 - December 30, 2005

Delivery estimate: December 29, 2005 - January 7, 2006

1 "Porsche Boxster Service Manual: 1997-2004 Boxster, Boxster S"
Bentley Publishers; Paperback; $62.97

Oh, yeah!

Just preordered mine on Amazon. Should get here WAY before March, when the car wakes up from hibernation..

Thanks!

I think we should organize a group buy for this. How about it, Brucelee? :)

Speaking as a publisher (which is what I do for a living) who sells wholesale to Ingram, who then resells to Amazon.com, I can safely say that the price that Amazon.com is offering is wholesale + 2%. You won't do any better on a group buy from the publisher.

That's too bad. It would be fun to get a few hundred of us lining up for the book :) I guess Amazon it is!

this is great news for Boxster owners. One minor project and the book is paid for.

I got the book today. All I got to say is every boxster owner should own one of these if they do any work on the car or just want to know more about it. I would've paid 3 times what I paid. It even covers engine removal! Great book.

You mean to tell me you poor souls have had to wait EIGHT years for someone to make a service manual for the car!?"

Geeeeeeez. I'm never going to see one for 987 any time soon am I? :(

I just ordered the book, lets hope it covers clutch lines in detail.

The 987 and 986 are pretty similiar. I bet you would be able to use this book as a great reference on your 987!

I just ordered mine from Amazon, too. Great price at $62.97!

Wal-Mart.com has it for $59.19 which I thought was even better, BUT when you add in shipping and 5% state sales tax, it comes to $64.62. Perfect excuse not to buy from Wally World. :)

You mean you're walmart actually has a Bently service manual for 986's on the shelf or did they say they will order it for you? I can't see my local Walmart carrying something like that but maybe I should check out the book section more.

Actually, I did a google search for "Bentley Boxster Manual" and Walmart.com came up in the search with a price of $59.19. But since they have stores in all 50 states, they must charge sales tax in any state that has it, so you must add that in, along with about $3.00 to ship.


Amazon does not have a brick-and-mortar store, so they are not (yet) required to charge sales tax, and they offer a free shipping option on orders over $50 (I think). So, while their price is higher than Wally World, it turns out to be about $2 cheaper from Amazon. :)

Over at ppbb one of the users loaned Bentley their car for them to use in some of the preparation for this manual, they also got an early copy and have been reviewing some of it. More importantly though Bentley are going to do a free tech session linked to this in Boston in early January where people can go to their facility in Boston and they'll demonstrate some of the tasks from the book on a Boxster for us.

The organizer is the editor of www.RainyDayMagazine.com I think there are probably places available still for people in the area. Search for posts by rainydaymagazine on the board.

There's also talk of a group discount tied to the session although it's hard to see how they could beat the Amazon/Walmart prices.

Chris.

I just found out from Amazon that my Boxster Service manual will not ship atleast until the 30th of December or possibly as late as the 10th of January 06' they didnt give any reason.

A friend of mine sells the Bentley Manuals and he says that his distributor has not yet received them either. He says Bentley is notorious for being slow to send out product.

I guess I paid alittle more then some but I've already had mine for a week. Actually, I didn't even pay for it. hehe

I actually received my book on the 22 nd. with free shipping from Amazon because I complained. Its pretty informative Im happy with it.

Ok, what did you complain about? That they changed how long they said it would take after you placed the order?

Hi,

I Hate to burst your bubble, but I got mine on the 22nd from Amazon and I didn't complain at all :D - just placed my order 3 weeks ago and it just arrived. They got them earlier from the Publisher than they planned...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

I complained about the shipping date. They told me it may not arrive until Jan. 10th and I paid for shipping as opposed to the free shipping, thats all. So I got free shipping. Only a few bucks but it was just the point. As far as bursting my bubble I have no idea what you mean.

Well, I will see what happens. I placed my order on the 18th of December and originally they were saying it would ship out around the 26th for arrival before the 31st. That seemed reasonable enough when I placed my order. But they since have updated my status to shipping out around the 10th of January for arrival around the 15th (a full month after I ordered it), and did not explain why the change. That would be 3 weeks after I ordered it, and 2 weeks after the original ship date. IMO, that is not acceptable.

So, I sent them an email mentioning that 3 weeks seemed a bit excessive to ship an item their website says is "in stock" and "usually ships within 24 hours". I did mention I went with the free shipping option, and that according to the website, that only is supposed to add 3-5 days to the normal shipping time, not 3 weeks.

Edited to update: Oddly enough, after my email, my book that was not going to ship out until 1/10/06 has just shipped today. :)

ordered too
 

Ordered on 26 of December. Delivery was estimated on 7th January
Called 18002017575 and complaining about the item should be shipped with in 24 hours, because the site was mentioning that.
Changed to deliver on 30th of December, with two day shipping.
Very excited to get this by Friday.
Happy new 2986 year!!!

Ordered from Amazon on 7 Dec, received 29 Dec. Altho their free USPS estimated delivery was 6 Jan 06. Worth the wait! Highly recommended. :)

I posted this on another forum, sorry if you read it there, but it bears repeating here under "Attention DIY" since you all are more attentive to your Boxsters than the other place.
Swear it's a true story!

Thought I would share this near out of body experience with you all.

Read if you want to save some money! Sorry for it being long, but you need the full effect of the horror I suffered.

After finally taking the plunge and buying Litronic headlights for my 2000 MY Boxster, I awoke one Saturday all giddy about performing the new mod on my Porsche.

I grabbed the “Special Porsche Tool” to remove the headlight, believe me, there is nothing special about this “stamped from light gauge metal” tool as I was about to find out.

Will not bore you with the details on removal and installation of the Litronics, suffice to say, turn the tool until you hear the distinctive “POP” telling you that your headlights are now locked into the retaining bracket and your investment is “Home Now”.

After showing my wife the new face of my Porsche (she rolled her eyes and went inside), I fired it up and left for a short cruise over to buddy’s house to try and convince him to come out and marvel at them with me.

On my way there on a four lane thoroughfare, I was in the fast lane (where else) coming up to a yellow light applying breaks when I noticed one of the headlights starting to inch forward OUT OF THE CAR!!!

I panicked and gassed it (running a red light in the process) hoping G forces would prevent further forward motion of the headlight and not create a $600 torpedo across a busy intersection.

The next few minutes was very hectic, it ranged from not applying brakes, watching for a cop (the red light thing), coming up to the next NOW red light and trying to move over in heavy traffic to the slow lane so I could stop, but without applying brakes!. Sir Isaac Newton was driving the car at that point every action had an opposite and equal reaction, if you know what I mean!

Finally got over and finished pulling the headlight out and placed it in the passenger seat. I had to drive home with one headlight out of the car (Oooh the humility)

On the way back, I turned onto a two lane road trying to avoid ANYONE I knew and a Vette passed me in the opposite direction, he gave me a big thumbs up as he passed! Funny, I pass him every day, he never gives me the thumbs up???

Moral of the story, the distinctive “POP” was the stripped “Special Porsche Tool” as it lost traction and ratcheted over the cogs on the retaining bolt.

Use a socket from now on!

Regards

lol...that's a pretty funny story. I'm guessing the vette guy was making fun of the wounded boxster?

RBennet, I laughed so hard I had to read it to my wife. Then she laughed hard too.

Just a month ago she rolled her eyes when I showed off my new litronics to her one Saturday morning...

And when I took my car to my mechanic to do the wiring to make them work on high beam, he told me one of them wasn't fully installed...

The same thing could have happened to me!

BTW - I could not find a socket to fit that recessed hole... the Porsche tool is really what one must use unless someone can tell me otherwise. it's cheap though, I'll give you that!

This is why I call myself the "The Rodney Dangerfield of Porsche mods" I swear evey mod I perform has a humiliating side effect. :)

You should here about the "Saturday morning Drilled Zimmerman Cadium plated rotors with Pagid pads mod" story. :D

I will post the socket size later.

Regards

It's funny how our spouses and Porsches are engagded in this deadly embrace?

Just this morning I put the top up in "Sevice Position" to check around for things, nothing in particular, just wanted a look at the engine. :)

Nice and oil dry! but noticed alot of dust. Grabbed the vacum cleaner and with a glass of Pinot wine, started vacuming the dust off the engine, while I think it was "Jimmy Hendrix" playing on the radio.

Just as I started my wife came into the garage, I quickly put down the vacum cleaner hose, embarrased she would have the nerve to think I would vacum an engine of all things!

The following is a transcript from the conversation that ensued.

"Hi, what are you doing!" (her)
"Nothing honey, was just checking the oil" (me, she has no idea you check it from the back :) "
"Why was the vacum cleaner running if that what you were doing?" (her)
"(Ok deep breath and think hard cause your about to impeach yourself here)" (me, thinking real hard)
"Well I was, of ,kinda......" (me)
" (STOP)" (her)
"You were VACUMING your ENGINE!!" (her)
"NO, there were leaves down around where you put oil in and I was just getting them out of the way" (me, I think I have her on the ropes now)
"Silence" (her)
"Hay whats for dinner?" (me, diversion tactics)

Regards

When I opened everything up to look at it and saw all the dust my wife was shocked that I put the covers back on WITHOUT detailing the motor ;)

Ah, she knows me all too well.......

I do not use the headlight tool because most of them are a sloppy fit. I use a 5 mm socket.

I ordered 2 copies of the Bentley manual and 2 other Boxster books on the the 28th and according to Amazon they should be here at the end of January. I have most of the factory manual which is about worthless for a DIYer. So I have waited almost 7 years for the aftermarket to do a better job, or at least I hope so. So when it gets here it gets here.

The extra copy is for Peter Smith. He was the PCA tech advisor for the Boxster, owns a Boxster, is the shop foreman at my local dealer, puts on Boxster tech sessions for us local owners, taught me everything I know, and so on. He was asked years ago to write a manual, but he did not have time (he also races) and he did not think there would be enough material for a DIYer book. He will find the bugs in the book.

Hi,

FYI, I use a 5mm Nut Driver, it works well and you get a very good feel when the Latch engages, or not as seems to be the case here... ;)

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

I also used a 5mm socket. It worked fine

After emailing Amazon (see earlier thread) my manual was delivered the Next Day (Dec 29). :) This was with the Free Shipping option.

It shouldn't take a month. Really. Email Amazon about it, because it clearly states on their website that the Bentley Manual ships within 24 hours.

Hi creseida, have you posted a picture of you zenith blue boxster???

I own a lapis blue, everyone tells me its black (wadda they know) :) I only see another Porsche about once a month where I live but dont think I have seen your color?

Regards

I ordered mine online from Amazon. It shipped in one or two days and arrived in 5 days by regular ground transport.

Went to Borders ordered with 3 day turn around well see!!!