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If there is a silver lining to this vandalism, is that they used spray paint instead of keying the car. This spray paint will come right off, and with a little buffing it will completely disappear.

The blade for Porsche Keys is the same as with VW/Audis, and your local VW dealer can cut the blade for you usually for free. There are several vendors on eBay that sell replacement remotes for Porsche both new and used that are under $100. That just leaves getting the key authenticated with the cars security system, and some dealers will do that for free as well or charge less than $75 to do it.

Unless you get solid mounts, you can expect to have any liquid filled mount to fail at between 60 ~ 120K miles.

What would be the best option then? I don't want the viberations to come back for a long time as I plan on keeping the car for a good amount of time.

Just replace your existing mounts with new fluid filled ones. Solid mounts are going to transmit all of the engine vibration into the car.

As a matter of general maintenance, I budget for motor mount replacement on any car I have that has more than 75K miles.

Unless you get solid mounts, you can expect to have any liquid filled mount to fail at between 60 ~ 120K miles.

Does anyone have a good write up on how to replace the engine mounts?

1. Place floor jack under engine and lift it up to support engine. Don't lift the engine or car, just hold the engine in place.

2. Remove engine airbox and secondary air pump for access to rear motor mounts.

3. Making sure that the jack has the engine supported, remove the nuts on the lower end of the motor mount that holds it to the engine rear crossmember.

4. On the top of each motor mount, remove the 2 bolts holding it to the chassis. Lift the old motor mount out of the chassis.

5. Install new motor mounts, bolt the mount to the chassis first, then install the lower nut and torque it to 67 ft/lb.

6. Remove floor jack.

Done.

The stock stainless tips polish up real nice.

Very nice. My comments are: It looks like the adapter would interfere with the opening of the glove box, and given that the original iPod form factor is pretty much obsolete, being able to accommodate the itouch and iPhone shape is critical in making this idea successful.

Another point to consider is that the subwoofer on 996 and 986 cabriolets is on that side of the upper console. Does your adapter work with that configuration?

Our car is a 2000 Cab

Motor mount replacement for a 9 year old car is not that unusual. You are fortunate that they failed in a way that you were able to see it rather than they fail on the road, and you go for many miles on bad mounts.

It takes me about 8 hours for a C2 clutch change, not counting the time i take to replace all the old grease on the transmission input shaft and clutch fork pivot and removal of the flywheel to inspect for IMS and RMS oil leaks,

It definatly will not be all said and done in 7 hours for someone who 1) has never done it before 2) for someone who has never done a clutch job 3) someone who has only a 55 peice ratchet set 4) for someone who has no vehicle lift 5) for someone who doesnt have a engine jack 6) for someone who doesnt have a transmission jack.

Luckily for me, I have all the right hand & pneumatic tools and equipment needed to perform this service safely within an 8 hour time line.

If you find someone who says they do it quicker, be warned, while its nice to hear "I can do it in 5 hours for $XX.xx dollars" seems nice, but do you really want to have someone working that fast and possibly very careless working on your car? My recommendation is to find an indy porsche shop that can do it in 8-10 hours.

6 hours top, and that is for a "white glove" clutch instal. Your mileage may vary :D

When I do one, I like to take all day, simply because I'm my customer and it's fun, because I'm a cheapskate, and I enjoy the sense of accomplishment I get when I do this sort of stuff.

I usually start about 8 ~ 9, and get finished by 4. I also spend an hour or two detailing the engine bay as it is easier to clean and wax the bottom of the body when the transaxle is not there.

Oh dear... not this again. Yes the mount has been damaged and replace them in pairs. Search the site and you'll find post on this subject.

Yes, the mount finally failed, which means the other one is not far off from failing too. Just get a new pair and either install them your self of have someone do it. You did nothing wrong, Fluid filled mounts just fail over time. It seems to be inherent in the design, no matter if you have a Porsche, Audi, MB, or BMW. They all fail.

If I have a lift available, I can do an R&R in about 3 hours if you include some breaks for coffee. Any Porsche tech that is any good can beat that time however.

The only problem with these cables is that they do not charge the iPod while it is in the car.

The Becker cable does charge.

California is one of the largest users of Porsches as Highway Patrol cars.

It should work just fine. You will just need to get the Porsche P/N pigtail cable that connects the mirror to the fuse panel and reverse signal lead. It is about $12.

I usually just pull my engine to wash it off. It also allows me to polish the inside of the engine compartment.

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you mean you want this?

Try lubricating the windshield header and side window gaskets with a spray silicone lubricant. Before you do this, wipe down the gaskets with a cleaner like Simple Green to remove the built up dirt and gunk. This will significantly quiet the top as it flexes.

How long did it take to do the wiring and how much did it cost?

It took me about an hour to wire it in and it cost a 4 ft piece of wire and a crimp connector.

The brake pad wear light might be on because the pads are worn down, or one of the brake pad sensors might have been damaged from the corrosion buildup on the rotors. Never the less, a visual inspection of all 4 axles is in order.

third video is le mans driver david donahue and the guy has no idea!

I knew exactly who he was, I just wanted the rest of you to know as well!

But how do you keep your engine that immaculate?

I just use highly diluted Simple Green and a pressure washer on the engine and under carriage.

I did get quite a deal on the replacement tank, never pay retail!

This last weekend I was up in the Sierra with my 2002 996 driving pretty fast in 100+ weather at 8000 ft. Needless to say I was surprised to find a puddle of coolant under the expansion tank the next morning.

(My apologies for having such a filthy engine compartment, but we just came back from a 1K trip.)

So yesterday, I R&R'd the coolant tank, and here are my notes.

1. It appears that the car is built around the coolant tank, so everything works much easier if you completely remove the airbox, and the secondary air pump to get at it. They are very easy to remove. I also drained some of the coolant out using the drain plug on the engine. I ended up taking out about 1 and a half gallons of coolant out.

2. Even after disconnecting all of the coolant hoses, removing the tank sensor, and the fuel injection rail end plug, I still could not get the tank out.

3. So I ended up sticking my jack under the engine, removing the 2 motor mount lower attachment bolts, and lowering the engine about 2 inches.

4. This gave me enough room to cleanly remove the tank.

5. After that, it was a breeze to install the new tank.

6. When replacing the coolant, it is best to pour the fluid through a sieve to catch any crap that may have found its way into the coolant.

Hope this helps.

If you jack at the rear points, one at a time and slide a 3-4 inch timber block under each tyre, then repeat on the other side, you give yourself an extra 3-4 inches clearance to slide the jack straight under to the cross member and lift the car without clearance issues.

Since I am fairly low this is exactly what I do to get the rear up in the air in one shot.

Every good Porsche shop has a pair of 2x4s in the back just for this use.

The front tub is crushed, and both air bags deployed, I would be very surprised if this was not a total loss.

Already checked, the service tech claimed that they did not need to lower the engine to reach the oil sending unit.

I'm not thrilled at a $310 expense, but at least I can replace them myself.

I did not see how many miles you had on your car or what year it was, but as a consolation, these type of fluid filled motor mounts were going to fail anyway. The average life of them is between 70 and 120K miles on normal usage. Less if you track the car or drive agressively, more if it is just a boulevard cruiser.

Good thing is that they are extremely easy to replace.

Regardless, one could make a case that their failure so close to the end of the warranty is a candidate for warranty goodwill at the minimum for the parts and possibly for the labor too.