carnahanbb

All the socket wrenches I tried bumped into the oil filter but I was able to use my standard 15mm socket and an 19'' breaker bar and it came right free. There was an aluminum seal in place it was just SUPER tight. Oil was pretty dirty.

carnahanbb

Thought I'd check the trans fluid before I dug into the transmission fluid change and I was extremely surprised how clean it looked. I had my wife take a picture of my clean glove after I dipped into the fluid. What do you guys think?

Wisconsin Joe

Actually, the "ligeti" site is back up. Post #41, page 3 of the "New Visitor" sticky.

The Moorehouse CD set from Roger is far, far superior, but the ligeti WSMs will do the trick.

dr bob

If you don't know the history, and you are set up to do the job, I would go for it just to have a good known baseline. Trans fluid is funny stuff. By the time it gets a little dark, a little dirty, a little fragrant, it's way past the time it should be changed.

carnahanbb

Great to know! Thanks for sharing even though I suppose I should have read and discovered this on my own!

carnahanbb

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I was just so surprised how clean it looked. I've got the parts showing up Monday any way...might as well bite the bullet and do it.

carnahanbb

Worked on the shift cable last night. Everything was going really smooth until it came to reattaching the rear portion of the cable to the c-clip and the other small bracket back there. The cable just seems really reluctant to fit into the u shaped bracket off the torque converter and the cable itself doesn't seem to have the same portion that attaches to the c-clip. There are two rubber bushings but they aren't tight together like on the original cable. They are just loosely held together with a couple washers and a zip tie. A zip tie! This is supposed to be a genuine replacement Porsche part and it has a zip tie on it! Maybe I'm missing something but it just doesn't fit snugly back into the c-clip. Here is a link for the pictures I took last night. They are all of the cable attachment area at the rear.

https://goo.gl/photos/V7pGbrNVKntY27zY9

dr bob

Zip tie is a shipping aid that holds the bushings and stuff together. Remove it to see how the pass through the C bracket, then the threaded end of the cable sleeve passes right through.

carnahanbb

Yep, you are 100% right! Thank you so much for responding. I'm really up against it. I figured that out last night and tried to finish assembly but the the cable is really fighting me. I can get the part of the cable with the two bushings that goes on either side of the c-clip around the c-clip but the cable for some reason just really wants to bend the opposite direction (out away from the clip into the heat shield. It's like it's been bent. It was shipped all coiled up and I wonder if it has been bent / damaged? I was able to just barely get the bushings around the c-clip and begin to tighten them around the clip but the pressure of the bending of the cable eventually pulls it off the c-clip because the bushings are so soft you really can't tighten them enough to hold them tight to the c-clip (not tight enough to offset the pull of the cable anyway). They are more just meant to be a support and a guide it seems like. I really just don't know what to do at this point. I'm going to contact Roger at 928s R Us and explain what is going on and maybe he can help shine some light on this issue. I'll admit I'm certainly not a mechanic but this project is well within my comfort zone (at least on paper) but it's just been fighting me tooth and nail. I attached some pictures that kind of illustrate what I'm talking about. You can see the cable pulling away from c-clip (especially in that second picture you can see it's just not straight at all it's bending out away from the clip at quite an angle). I don't think we missed anything when we pulled through the new cable. It actually went in pretty easily. I thought I was in home free everything had been going so well but not anymore...

https://goo.gl/photos/TWdjbri1EJB9gwRU8

xvxvjh

Don't worry about return on investment for the jack and stands. You'll save back the costs on this first project. The cable isn't cheap but not much from Porsche is these days. 928 International and Roger usually stock the part. Have fun, and post pics as you go along.

carnahanbb

I was able to talk to Sean at 928 Doctors this morning and it sounds like it's a couple different things but the main issue is that Porsche superseded the part and it's slightly different. Different enough that it fits a little differently than the original and that upside down U shaped bracket (closer to the front of the car) is causing the cable to bend away from the C shaped bracket (which is further to the rear) causing the fitment problem. Apparently I can omit that upside down U shaped bracket and only attach the cable to the C shaped bracket and I should be fine. I'll give it another go this evening! PLEASE WORK!

carnahanbb

I GOT IT!!! VICTORY IS MINE!!!

dr bob

So, with the taste of victory still fresh, there are still a couple things you need to do.

-- First is to assemble a list of things you did that worked and those that didn't wok, and build a simple how-to for others who may have the same problem in the future. Paste it to the end of this thread, with a suitable title to the post. Something like "Shift Cable Replacement Lessons" so that others will find it later when they use the search tools.

-- Second step is to join the RL family as a paying member. I'll guess that just this one episode gained you enough to justify a membership for a year or three. There's a list of practical benefits you'll enjoy. You can post pics directly, you can add a signature line that can include your location, plus the year/model of the car you are working on. Just saving that typing on every post is justification for joining. It gets rid of the pop-up ads that IB has to use to keep things going when you aren't yet a member. Lots of other good things happen too.

carnahanbb

You're quite right. In a nut shell, the cable assembles back into the car in the same manner in which the original cable did in terms of the way it connects to the shift lever and the transmission gear selector at the rear. The difference occurs in the manner in which it attaches to the brackets at the rear underside of the car. There are two brackets back there. You basically need to omit the bracket that is shaped like an upside down U. Of the two brackets it is the one that is closer to the front of the car. The C shaped bracket which attaches two the transmission housing with two allen head bolts and spacers is the bracket you will want to retain. From there the fitment and adjustment is the same as it is laid out in the WSM. Roger at 928s R US connected me with Sean at 928 Doctors. We came to the conclusion that the part was likely superseded or modified in such a way that fitment was affected.

SeanR

Glad to help, it also helped that I had installed one the week before and had the same issue.