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PcarDave

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  1. Thanks everyone for coming up to our home yesterday! Mary and I had a great time meeting you all, and it was a fun day for us. The neat thing about cars is they bring people together, and I can say for certain that the Porsche folks we met yesterday are great company and just good decent people.

    Thanks again for Chuck and Loren for bringing this together, you really organized a great event.

    I tried to take a few pictures through the day, and Mary even managed to take time to smell the flowers ;)

    http://www.gtmbuild.com/galleries/misc/SAC_WOCD1/

    If the community is interested, we are willing to host an event quarterly.

    David and Mary Borden

    P.S. Loren, or Chuck feel free to post these pics elsewhere if you desire.

  2. Hey all. Looking forward to meeting the group that comes up to the house/shop for the event. It should be a really fun day to hang out and get a few things done on the cars!

    A big thanks to Chuck and Loren for organizing this for the community! Mary and I are really looking forward to meeting you all.

    Im spending tomorrow organizing the shop a bit and getting ready for it.

    Take care,

    David

    PS, if you need any small welding done, I can probably help with that also.

  3. As the title states... any really good body shops in Sacramento/Folsom area you would highly recommend? Our 2001 996 Gemballa Conversion was backed into yesterday. It pushed in the rear fender right right in front of the wheel about 1 inch. Also impacted the inner fender a bit.

    I hate bondo... the repair needs to be 100%. Got any guesses on how it needs to be repaired? Pull and work the metal straight, or new quarter?

    IMG_0512.jpg

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    David

  4. Sorry to hear, and unfortunately I'm in a similar boat right now too. It's a tank venting issue. Hopefully your car is a MY'00 or newer and it might just be a simple fuse. Mine unfortunately is a '99 so it's not applicable. From the research I've done thus far, it could be a couple of issues.

    If '00 or later, in a quiet garage, take off gas cap and insert finger in to hole pushing filler flap aside. You should hear a click when the flap is 90 deg turned. If not, check fuse E6 (IIRC on 986 - but check fuse guide) to see if it's blown and replace as needed to solve. Blown fuse won't allow the ORVR (vapor recovery system used on '00 and later) to turn on - might also tape up the cell phone connector behind center console as it's the same circuit - could be grounding out causing it to blow. If fuse is good, it could be the solenoid, wiring or a problem w/ the charcoal canister. For '99 and prior, could be dropped line in the tank from sending unit, blocked vent or another issue that I haven't found or solved yet. I understand it's best to get car looked at by tech w/ less than a 1/4 tank of gas in it in case they need to work in or drop the tank to remedy. This apparently is a known problem and I think there might be more than one TSB on it...

    Mine at this point is full and almost in winter storage so I will have to wait until spring to examine/diagnose further. Please keep me posted w/ what you learn. Thanks and good luck!

    Man, thanks so much! I thought there would be a 1 in a 100 chance someone would know about this... I'll post once I learn more. I guess Im lucky in that its a 2000 S.(should have put that in my original post)

    David

  5. Guys,

    Heading out to my sisters house on Thanksgiving, we stopped to fuel up the boxster. I started pumping gas, and it immediatly started spraying out of the nozzle. Almost as though there was somthing in the filler preventing the bulk of fuel to pass into the tank. Thinking it was a problem with the pump, I moved the car to another pump and had the same problem. The car had maybe 1/8th tank of fuel. Once we got the car home, there was a slight burning smell, as though the car was running hot... but the guage was showing a normal temp.

    I was literally sprayed with fuel.. had to go home and change cloths and cars to get to my sis's house about 3 hours from home.

    Got any ideas? Im still very confused on what the heck happened... seemed right out of the twilight zone.

    David

  6. Ok, I took some photographs... I lined the enclosures with the closest color I could find. I will eventually replace it if I find something better, but for now, they are fine. The outer material I found at a fabric store, it is not carpeting which I thought would be too thick and hard to work with. The material is a plush velvety material (not shag).

    Hope these help.. I showed one side, but the other is essentially the same.

    How does it sounds? Can you give me an idea how much volume is required for that woofer?

    David

  7. Hey Guys,

    New to the forum. We own a 88 cab, and just got a 2000 Boxster S. We live up in El Dorado, about 10 miles west of placerville. I have a nice 30x50 shop with a lift and most every tool.

    I would be open to hosting such an event if you all are interested. We kinda live out in the country, nice relaxing place. 30 minutes from the heart of sac and about 17 minutes from folsom.

    David

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