Blue boxster resurrection project

[Homeoboxter]

Originally Posted by Burg Boxster

Heck I'd be tempted to give that one a try myself w/ some good spoons. You can access area pretty easily after you pop the headlight pod out. Otherwise I guarantee a good PDR guy can knock that out in a snap.

If you don't know a great PDR guy, ask for referral at a high end dealer. Better yet, let them make their $25-50 on the deal too (will help you in building some goodwill if ever needed) and have them schedule on his/her next trip thru. The quality PDR and PPF gurus have premium dealers on a weekly paper route of sorts...

Good luck

Thanks! Just ordered a dent-pulling set from China, let`s see if I can make it worse!

[Homeoboxter]

Few more pics today. Here`s a shot of the engine. Dust everywhere, other than that everything seems to be there.

[Homeoboxter]

Except for this: somebody must have been here before me..

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I think the Boxster served as a perfect habitat for some critters. Most likely the same thing happened to this guy:
An Opossum in the Car Engine! Possum Under the Hood

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Behind the seat shot of the engine:





Bumper is off, time to remove the tranny. Still nice rear end though








Easy peasy!



So far so good, let`s move now to the engine. Everything looks original and unmolested, ovearall in great shape. Coolant and engine oil looked good too, considering the 11 years sitting I guess that`s a good sign.

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Lowering the engine:



AC pump is hanging on its hoses aside:




Oops, this is how NOT to drop the engine!




I missed one hose, it got stuck and pulled the motor off the lift.. Amateur sloppyness.. And now what? How to get it out from there? More tomorrow.

[BOOTLEG]

No Brother-In-Law there to watch for hoses/wires?
Mine yelled "STOP" as I was lowering my own P Motor because he saw an attached hose.
This is what it looks like with BIL assistance.