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I'm having some problems with the headlights on our '97 986 and having pulled the assemblies out of the vehicle I found the wiring inside was dry brittle and crumbling. Lots of exposed copper, probably caused a short and damaged the lamps. I have been searching for a replacement loom but cannot find anything close. Everything I find seems to be the full harness that goes 'outside' of the headlight assembly, not the internal wiring. Any idea what name/terms to search for, and where to search. Everything I found was on ebay, nothing OEM new. For now I've tried to wrap in tape but worse comes to worse I will cut/splice and put new heat shrink over it all. Unless you guys have any better solutions. The lamps incidentally are aftermarket HID LEDs. I am going to try to replace with OEM bulbs for now. Only the high beam works right now Cheers
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Rough running after spark plug job
MadMac66 replied to MadMac66's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
So to follow up with this thread, I ended up pulling and reseating the coil packs on all cylinders and sure enough it fired better after that. wierd, but okay. Interesting about anti-sieze. I'll continue to use it. I dont care what the EU says about the environment. When industrial factories are no longer spewing chemical waste into our atmosphere and sewage then we can worry about a little bit of anti sieze on a thread. Cheers -
Rough running after spark plug job
MadMac66 replied to MadMac66's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
I just read that Porsche recommend NOT using anti-sieze on the threads. (Porsche Technical Bulletin 9102, Group 2 identifier 2870) I used this as I use it on all threads. Anyone ever have this be an issue? -
Hey all Just replaced the spark plugs on my sons '97 986 with 90k miles. We replaced with NKG Iridiums. After trying every trick in the book to get the plug boots out - they were ALL stuck - we got the actual plugs in with no problem. I'm wondering if the gaps were not right on the plugs. Now the start up is pretty lumpy and the idle is quite rough. Not driven it on the street yet. Any idea 1) what the gap should be 2) check any other areas Thanks
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Just had this problem with my sons 97 Boxster. Battery went dead, couldnt access the trunks. Front cable was missing so couldnt get into the trunk at all. Put a new battery in but still the release levers would not work. Came here for answers. Found out that pulling fuse F7 for a minute reset the system and both levers work now. Sorry for thread necro. But I searched for the problem and found this old thread so sure someone else will.
