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I'm trying to narrow down a creaking noise in the dash area. I would like to remove the instrument cluster and take the car out for a test drive to see if the cluster is the source of the creaks.
Will the car start w/o the instrument cluster?
2000 996.
thanks,
Doug
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Hmmm - I guess the re-paint will have to wait until I have another reason to remove the seat.
Thanks for the feedback!
Unless you have just the right length allen it is hard to get to the allen bolts with the seat in place. Also hard to see them.When we did it the seat was out. I would suggest you unbolt the seat, and perhaps you can move it around without having to remove it from the car. Once the seat is not blocking your view it is easy to loosen the allen bolts.
There seems to be a dispute if it is a 4 or 5mm allen. It has been a few years since I did this. I think it was a 5mm.
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I've been trying to loosen the three allen head bolts holding the sill in place.
I removed the plastic caps, and pulled the carper out of the way so I can at least see what appears to be the forward allen head bolt.
How in the world can I tell if I have the allen wrench on the forward bolt? Also how were you able to get to the middle and rear bolts as I can't even see them thorugh the holes
in the sill since there is no room between the seat and the sill. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
A late update for anyone completing this DIY on a 2000 Cab:It went just as described by Loren with the following exceptions on my car:
1. Disassembly Step 1: "Undo hexagon socket head bolts". Mine required a 4mm allen wrench.
2. Disassembly Step 3: "Release the Bowden cables". My cable retaining bolt required a 3mm allen wrench.
Other than that, all went well. Thanks for a great site.
Porsche Emblem .apn file car head unit background display
in 996 Series (Carrera, Carrera 4, Carrera 4S, Targa)
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I found one for an Alpine W203. It is a black background and has the colored Porsche emblem in the bottom third which shows through fine (below the text when listening to the radio/CD/ipod.
I found four .apns although I can't remember which is the Porsche emblem. I attempted to attach the .apns with this posting but it will not allow me to upload them so send me a PM and I'll email them to you.You will have to put all four on a disc and load onto your Alpine, I seem to recall that you can only have one loaded at a time.
Regards,
Doug