@imhighlander
He's 50$ an hour cheaper than the local PSC. Cheaper isn't always better, but he's much closer to my place and like I said I have no complaints at all. He's been very honest and fair. We're spoilt for choice here. The local PSC also have a 996 specialist who actually worked for my Indy when he first came to town, but moved on to the PSC when the opportunity came up. That's enough gossip haha.
Where are you that is 225 an hour, NYC or CA? That seems unreasonable to me. It also makes me glad I had so much work done before I move.

 

Well, I am not a gifted mechanic. Or, even much of a hack mechanic. However, a quote to install the Mr12volt Bluetooth device for the Bose system in my 40AE, was more money than I wanted to pay. So, I read and re-read all of the installation links in Rennlist, watched a bunch of videos on YouTube, and bought the YAZ996 power plug and his elegant Hazard Switch phone mount. CD changer was easily removed, though the power plug, even with the lock tab depressed was a bear to get out. Pulled the horseshoe on the dash, and found the sharpened panel removal tool slid easily into the little gaps without damage. Removed the side covers to the console, fished out the phone plug. Routed cables to the console, and installed the Bluetooth there and plugged in the power to the phone plug. Installed the Bluetooth module, and powered the car up. No lights on the device, and the stereo was now dead. Great. Decided to check the fuse for the phone, and the fuse was bad. New fuse- and I heard angels sing…okay, it was actually AC/DC… The phone plug power tap is elegant, as is the phone mount. I used a 1” ball insert, and paired it with a cheap Amazon mount marketed as a Ford Bronco mount. Works great. Having used it for a couple of days, I can say that my phone charges, the Bluetooth syncs as soon as the car is on, all of the sound controls respond. Overall, the sound is really good, considering Bose doesn’t know what bass means…I’ve found it be appropriate or everything from Eagles to Miles to Maynard Ferguson to Led Zeppelin and Siri works to pull music, and make and receive calls. The best part? Everything is reversible, in case one day my kids want to use the CD changer to be ‘old school’.
I’m now looking forward even more to the trip down the coast to Rennsport in September, with a more modern entertainment system.

 

it's in Denver and there are several Porsche Indy shops at that rate. Seems exorbitant to me as well.

 

The silver finish on my shifter button was badly worn so I decided to sand it all down and repaint it. Turned out great and was a lot cheaper vs a new one. I used Porsche Arctic Silver which was a perfect match.
Next up will be disassembling the center console and painting it but that will have to wait until winter when it's in the 60s vs the 100s currently.

 

Plpete84,
I am trying to mount the X51 runner on the passenger side and I have an interference between the runner and the A/C suction line. Can you put up a picture of the intake runner above the A/C lines to the compressor for your engine please. Does your car have the fuel cooler in the A/S suction line?

 

You seem to have an alignment issue there. You probably do but could you confirm that you also have the X51 aluminum runners that go between the head and the actual manifold and are not using the plastic ones? Unfortunately, I'm out of the country till early September but I dug up the below photo that could be helpful. The AC line connection is more in front of the manifold and does not touch at all. I'm not sure about the fuel cooler to be honest but I don't think Porsche would have used a different AC line to make the X51 intake work - but anything is possible.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sw7FasHUFZEPtmcNA

 

Thanks for the photo. I really appreciate the response.
I do have the aluminum X-51 manifolds. I will check the alignment of my hose fitting.
Mark

 

The hard pipe on an ac line is aluminum and can easily be bent/flexed out of the way depending on how much room u need.

 

I had the same when I fitted the x51 inlet , there's a different part needed - when I fitted I initially bent the original part but after investigation managed to source the correct part - my opc helped with this, it's not listed on PET but iirc they found it through the original x51 parts list. Drop me a pm if you still have trouble and I'll see if I can dig out the details.

 

I went after my rear right wheel hub bearing.

First, you need a breaker bar:


I kept taking off parts to free up the hub. Here's where I ended up, unable to get the lower ball joint out of the hub assembly:



I'm gonna go back after it in the morning with a bit more enthusiasm. I bought this kit to do the pressing and I think I'll be fine on that part:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175476945906

Happy to hear any tips/tricks.

 

Let us know how that bearing press works out!

 

Take the 3 nuts holding the strut in at the top off and the entire assembly drops down, remove lower strut bolt and tap it out, then upright will come off the ball joint easily. It looks like its already popped free

 

They had a design with fried eggs last year.

 

I took it out for some clean mountainous air.

 

Had a 996 shop day. My car received a CSF 3rd radiator and front control arms with monoball bearing and upgraded thrust arm bushings. The red one got a CSF 3rd radiator, low temp thermostat, and 2qt sump spacer and baffle kit. The white one got Tarrett pro-series control arms hence the upgrade on my car.