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About 110. It's a Tip, so no overrevs. $7.5k, AOS and belt were done recently, but it needs new CV boots. It's seeping oil (not enough to drip, but it's collecting), so it's going to need the RMS done and I'll consider doing the IMS at that point. The interior also needs some love: it's a southern car, so the passenger seat is fried and the driver's seat isn't far behind. At least one of the POs smoked, so if the smell doesn't come out I'll replace the carpet.
This is Trinity's car, so we have a year before she goes to college and it will be a chance for her to get her hands dirty.
Let's hope the RMS leak is just that, though there's a tool that Porsche uses to check the "roundness" of the hole that the seal goes into as there was an issue with those deforming due to loads on the IMS shaft and bearing. Make sure the replacement is the newer style with multiple sealing ribs and the depth at which the new seal is inserted is critical as well - another Porsche specialty tool, but some googling will show you how to make one with PVC or you maybe can borrow one from your dealer for a Sunday when they're closed, as I think it's about $500.
Good luck with it as I'm sure she's really excited about her new college car.
It's night and day from the Shark, Ed. The tasks seems doable; things I can wrap my head around. Everything with the 928 seems like the Manhattan Project. I know I can do the vast majority of the things that the Shark needs, it's just a matter of the scale.
Probably sucks that you're thinking of all the things you want to do but can't while TDY. Does that base have a hobby shop?
Probably sucks that you're thinking of all the things you want to do but can't while TDY. Does that base have a hobby shop?
It does, and I'm going to take advantage of it. But I don't think you can leave a car in the bay, so I'm limited to what I can accomplish in a few hours.
Let's hope the RMS leak is just that, though there's a tool that Porsche uses to check the "roundness" of the hole that the seal goes into as there was an issue with those deforming due to loads on the IMS shaft and bearing. Make sure the replacement is the newer style with multiple sealing ribs and the depth at which the new seal is inserted is critical as well - another Porsche specialty tool, but some googling will show you how to make one with PVC or you maybe can borrow one from your dealer for a Sunday when they're closed, as I think it's about $500. Good luck with it as I'm sure she's really excited about her new college car.
Thanks for the heads up. I just ordered the '101 Projects' book and, of course, I'll view the appropriate YT vids.
"The 986 Boxster is today’s 914. We have not-so-scientific proof: According to the Mart section of the September 1997 issue of Porsche Panorama (which incidentally, featured a brace of new 986 Boxsters on the cover), the price of a great then 20-year-old 914 was about $4,000 to $5,000. Adjusted for inflation, that figure becomes about $8,000 in 2018 money. Coincidentally, eight grand or so is about what a nice early Boxster will set you back today. But with the Boxster, you get over 200 horsepower, air-conditioning that will freeze you out, and heat that will more than keep your blood circulating on a sub-zero day. It’s an enormously underrated car that a lot of us should be looking at adding to our garages."
Cheap enough to be a salt car. I could get one that's already a little nasty, and run it into the ground, like the regular cars I've eventually called a charity to haul away. Let the IMS dice fall where they may.
I miss the flat-six scream of my Cayman, a more penetrating scream than my air-cooled version.
I picked up a cheap 04 Boxster S a couple weeks ago, high mileage but well taken care of except for the paint. My wife now wants to sell her Jeep and buy a newer Boxster in yellow and I'm trying to talk her into a Cayenne as well. I have completely converted her to the dark side! :-)
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"Porsche 928 values jumped 75 percent in the last five years, and with an average #3-condition value of more than $30,000—a number that priced out a lot of people looking for a “cheap” Porsche—interest has started to fade. Quotes are down 7 percent over the past year, and the number of cars added to Hagerty policies fell by 2 percent. Values haven’t started dropping yet, but 928s appear to be fully priced for now."
It seems that I am easily influenced... like by people who say "go get a boxster"... so I did.
I got this 2000 5 speed for $6500 Canadian (that's about $5000 US), it was the cheapest Boxster that I saw in Canada over the last couple of weeks. It has a little under 84,000 miles (it was originally a US car from Florida and it seems that it has been running around here in Canada for the last 14 years in miles and miles-per-hour... I discovered the little button that translated it into kilometers ). On the 50 kilometer run home it ran really nicely, no strange noises, clutch, brakes, transmission and engine all seem fine. As usual I did not get a PPI. Tomorrow I will change the oil and carefully inspect the filter. I hope it has the double row IMS bearing, I haven't yet had a chance to look at the engine serial number to at least get an idea. The clutch and brakes were supposedly done 4 years ago and it has supposedly only done a few thousand kilometers since. No records or documentation of course. This winter I will probable drop the transmission to inspect the clutch and change the IMSB.
These are pictures taken by the previous owner.
The vinyl seats are cracked, the rear window is totally opaque (but not cracked) and the drivers seat height control doesn't seem to work. I think I got a good deal as long as there are no surprises.
06-18-2018, 11:00 AM
). On the 50 kilometer run home it ran really nicely, no strange noises, clutch, brakes, transmission and engine all seem fine. As usual I did not get a PPI. Tomorrow I will change the oil and carefully inspect the filter. I hope it has the double row IMS bearing, I haven't yet had a chance to look at the engine serial number to at least get an idea. The clutch and brakes were supposedly done 4 years ago and it has supposedly only done a few thousand kilometers since. No records or documentation of course. This winter I will probable drop the transmission to inspect the clutch and change the IMSB.
