Funtoy

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My plan is to do as much maintenance as I can do myself, so my first purchases were the Bentley service manual and 101 Projects. I also purchased a CD with the Porsche service manuals and downloaded the Porsche original parts manuals. Have been through them by now and am really impressed with the amount of detail and fairly confident that I can handle most of the simpler tasks.

I also joined PCA as soon as I had a VIN in hand. SCCA was next.

I only have a two car garage and the Boxster is the third car, so where to store it in winter? The answer is a ShelterLogic garage in the back yard. It has been erected, but I still need to put a floor with a vapor barrier in it.

Finally a full tool set. I have a pretty comprehensive tool collection, but decided that the Boxster deserves its own dedicated tool box. Still not complete, but getting there.

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Yesterday the brake pad wear warning came up, so I broke out the new tools to check all pads and disks. I am waiting for Harbor Freight's Black Friday sale to purchase a shop jack, so I had to use the puny jack in the frunk. Hopefully this will be the last time I have to use it. The front brake pads are worn down, but the disks still have about .5 mm left on them before they have to be replaced. The rears pads have lots of wear left. Rear disks also have about .5 mm before they have to be replaced. Placed my first Pelican order for brake pads, wear sensors and brake brake pad dampers for the front. They will be installed just before she goes into winter hibernation.

My spring project is replacing the rear trailing arms. Will be ordered in the late February time frame and installed as soon as its warm enough to work on the car in the garage.