Loren

Get some felt tape and have a look at TSB 1/00 7018 Noises In The Dashboard Area (dated 6-30-00) -- page 5, Noise in area 5 – Creaking and/or rattling noises on the panel for passenger’s airbag.

The 000 part number is for the Tequipment "set of 4".

The 993 number is the individual part number for the cap.

Retail price is $309.61.

Try Porsche Parts at Dealer Cost at the top of the page.

Yes.

Great job - Thanks!

I will move this to the DIY forum and pin it at the top.

Well, they are in PET. PET is published monthly and some part numbers change every month. Kind of a moving target - what ever we would publish would likely be out of date in a month or two. That's why I look them up each time.

Not for Boxsters - Carrera's have changed, there was a pretty major change for MY02 and the 3.6 liter engine - plus you can get the X74 (20 mm lower) for MY02 - on Carrera's since they added some chassis stiffening.

I think the shocks changed several times from MY02-MY05. Not that one is any better than the other.

Different weights of cars (body style) , transmissions, 4WD (996's), etc. all affect the cars handling so springs, shocks and sometime swaybars are different. Porsche really does tune these suspensions to the cars.

From the RoW parts list:

000 044 500 21 retrofit kit sport-type running gear BOXSTER S M 480

comprising:

- 986 343 041 30 shock absorber front 2

- 996 343 701 10 stabiliser front 1

- 996 343 792 17 stabiliser mounting front 2

- 986 343 531 11 coil spring 1 set front 1

504 marked red yellow

- 986 333 051 30 shock absorber rear 2

- 986 333 701 13 stabiliser rear 1

- 996 333 792 28 stabiliser mounting rear 2

- 986 333 531 30 coil spring 1 set rear 1

504 marked silver red

US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong are 315 mhz. All the rest are 433 mhz.

Down below and behind the radio/storage shelfs is phone prep connector with both switched and unswitched 12 volts.

+12 volts unswitched (red/green)

+12 volts switched (green/black)

Ground (brown wire)

Telephone Mute Signal (yellow/black wire)

You will need the Becker keys for the radio removal the rest either unsnaps or unscrews once the trim frame is snapped off.

(photos courtesy of Tom Morris)

See my post here.

The brackets stay on the mufflers. Just remove the the three 13 mm nuts and the cat sleeve and it will rotate out.

Hmm... it maybe more than a wiring problem. The C4 has a different sending unit to go with the "saddle bag" tank the fits over the front axle. So I suspect the calibration is much different.

Also, is your engine egas or not? All C4's were egas (regardless of year) so I suspect that the cluster for a C4 is expecting some different DME signals.

I'll send you a PM.

C00 - Euro spec emissions

232 - does not exist on list - please recheck

502 - does not exist on list - please recheck

584 - does not exist on list - please recheck

601 - Litronic headlights

616 - does not exist on list - please recheck

618 - does not exist on list - please recheck

695 - CD Radio CDR22

946 - Leather/Leatherette Seats

Sometimes those number are very hard to read - please recheck your numbers on the ones noted.

996 505 425 01 70C Left bumperette (in rally black) -- retail $105.78

996 505 426 01 70C Right bumperette (in rally black) -- retail $105.78

900 067 271 09 Screw to hold bumperettes on (2 required) -- retail $1.00 each

If you are using the same type brake fluid then I disagree. In a perfect world there would be a way to remove all the dirty oil from your engine too - but you can't without flushing. If you are changing the type of brake fluid from the original ethylene glycol type (which Porsche recommends) to say a silicone brake fluid then - yes, all traces of the non compatible type should be flushed /removed. IMHO if you change your brake fluid regularly you are doing the same as what you do with an oil change and making the concentration 99.9% new product. With flushing you might get to 99.99%.

Well it could be just a bad connection or a pinched wire. They should use a meter on the wires and actuator first. I have to agree that if it were the actuator the car would run like crap. Really sounds like an intermittent connection to me.

I have a similar problem with my 98.  After the CEL came on last Friday I took the car to the dealer.  They found 1 fault ... "178 Bank II camshaft adjuster".  Then they told me the fault is not present. (?)  They said the car would be running poorly if the problem was real.  They reset the light which came back on the next day.  Now they want the car for a day to "dig deeper".

A fault 178 could be either a P1524 or a P1539.

P1524 -- No triggering of the actuator, active position nevertheless. Potential causes: Short to ground or Actuator faulty.

P1539 -- Actuator triggered, no active position. Potential causes: Open circuit in triggering wire, or Open circuit in B+ supply, or Actuator faulty.

Lot's of difference between an open and a short... looks like a bad connection.

Have a look at this thread.

You want the 07 logo.

996-559-237-07-4PU

Coolant capacity is listed in the back of your owners manual by model and transmission type. For instance a manual transmission is 18 liters and a Tiptronic is 19 liters. Porsche and good independent shops need to remove several plugs and a couple hoses to completely drain the old coolant. When adding the new coolant the only way to do it without introducing air into the lines is to draw the coolant in by vacuum. Good shops have this setup. If it is not done that way you will likely have air problems for several weeks and perhaps even overheat the engine. You may want to just take it to a shop that has the proper vacuum setup.

No, I don't know if they are on a TT or not. If they are there they would likely be in the same place.

Here is all the service manual says:

Place surrounding section on the rear window and press cover trim into groove of the surrounding section.

Did you look under the passenger side carpet to see if there are mounting holes like the GT3 has for a bracket? On a GT3 they are under there are two plastic caps that get removed and the bracket attached next to the console on the passenger side.