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09-11-2018, 06:38 PM

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Great information...I just bought my 997.1 TT 2 weeks ago, 23K miles, 100% OEM, my very first P car. She is a rarely driver for me and usually only for a few miles when I do. I will get her on the track at some point. My plan is to have some fun making a few mods to "make her mine", keep her for maybe 3 years then sell her for an expected near break even point and then move on. I think it will be a fun few years. After that we'll take a look at the portfolio and make a new plan.

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09-11-2018, 06:46 PM

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Meh, I've done 2 plug changes on my car, just need to be methodical. Only had to buy 2 additional tools that I didnt already have in the toolbox. The way I look at it I've saved over 2K and paid for my lift with the savings.

Every time I read a spark plug nightmare story I remember my first car...'66 Mustang, 289 V8. I think it took about 30 minutes to change the plugs...counting a 15 minute break for lunch.

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09-11-2018, 07:33 PM

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Phillip, great post! I like getting dirty and saving some green!!!

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09-11-2018, 08:25 PM

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Most of the plug service DIYs I've seen end up saying "...but for real, just pay to have your mechanic do this one for you."

Yes it's not easy..Fortunately I did mine with someone with a TT that had done it before and had the tools. I would have struggled on my own. Yeah this is easily one chore to have your tech do! I couldn't understand why they wanted so much for labor until I did it myself!

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09-11-2018, 08:44 PM

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Sorry LOL!!!!

Just giving you hard time

So nice to read a great / informative post like yours.

Thank you.

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09-11-2018, 09:33 PM

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Plugs are not really that bad....Just takes patience and a few ball end tools

I started doing mine about every other winter while I cannot drive it....

Good write up.

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09-11-2018, 09:44 PM

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Good write up, phillipj. Good to see that, like me, you still enjoy your beast at advanced miles.

Being an eternal optimist, I count myself lucky that the coolant leak happened just when the 90K major was due. "While we are in there".

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09-12-2018, 09:03 AM

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Recently a few months into the ownership of my first water cooled Porsche, the plug and coil change was a great introduction to the modern engine components which are vastly different from my 87 air cooled 930.

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09-13-2018, 01:36 PM

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Most of the plug service DIYs I've seen end up saying "...but for real, just pay to have your mechanic do this one for you."

Plugs and coils are not a difficult procedure if you have a lift. After having navigated this avenue, I cannot imagine engaging w/o the use of a lift.

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09-13-2018, 01:39 PM

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^+1 DITTO

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09-17-2018, 09:08 AM

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Most of the plug service DIYs I've seen end up saying "...but for real, just pay to have your mechanic do this one for you."

Just different perspectives. I wonder what those same people would have said about changing a 928 timing belt or replacing some torque tube bearings.

Dan

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09-17-2018, 09:50 AM

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Just different perspectives. I wonder what those same people would have said about changing a 928 timing belt or replacing some torque tube bearings.

Dan

+1 on that. Kevin from UMW was chatting with me the other day and we were reminiscing about working on 928’s. He said he had to pull the dash in one and it almost ruined him. I pulled a cylinder head on an S4 with the engine in the car. Fun times...

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09-17-2018, 04:11 PM

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Plugs and coils are not a difficult procedure if you have a lift. After having navigated this avenue, I cannot imagine engaging w/o the use of a lift.

100% on this one.