It Pays to DIY ...
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Burning Brakes
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It Pays to DIY ...
Every now and then over the past few months I've heard a faint metallic sound when shifting. There didn't seem to be any performance issue, just an odd noise. So I didn't think too much of it. I'd planned to upgrade the shifter anyway and had even picked up a used 997 shifter off eBay.
Then I got sucked in by the Numeric Racing group buy. My Numeric shifter arrived last week and today I found myself with a free afternoon. So I grabbed some tools and started to remove the center console. And pretty soon I figured out where the noise was coming from:
There was spare change everywhere ... about 11 bucks worth, at last count, although there's probably another buck or so in there that I couldn't get to. It was between the shifter cables and the carpet and all the way back to the area underneath the center console glove box. Not for the first time, I have concluded that my car's original owner may well have been an idiot.
Anyway, my Numeric shifter cost 11 bucks less than I'd anticipated, and shifts really well. So, I guess it's all good.
Then I got sucked in by the Numeric Racing group buy. My Numeric shifter arrived last week and today I found myself with a free afternoon. So I grabbed some tools and started to remove the center console. And pretty soon I figured out where the noise was coming from:
There was spare change everywhere ... about 11 bucks worth, at last count, although there's probably another buck or so in there that I couldn't get to. It was between the shifter cables and the carpet and all the way back to the area underneath the center console glove box. Not for the first time, I have concluded that my car's original owner may well have been an idiot.
Anyway, my Numeric shifter cost 11 bucks less than I'd anticipated, and shifts really well. So, I guess it's all good.
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Burning Brakes
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Less than you might expect, actually, or maybe just not audible over wind/tire/engine noise. Here's a mediocre cell phone picture of the area beneath the rear of the center console. Also, note the can of PB Blaster I needed to help remove the shift **** :-)
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Funny, same thing happened to me when I put in a 997 GT3 shifter. I think people try to install/remove the coin holder in the center console w/o taking the coins out, then slip and spill coins everywhere. Then, are too lazy to take everything apart to get the coins.
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