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  1. judgejon
    wow, this info is worth the price of admission, and I dont even own a cab... to stay modestly on topic, does the 996 sunroof have a similar drain system? I cant find any drain holes. j
  2. judgejon
    Malakas has a beautiful, imho, orient red 996... re the awd, this is one of the reasons I have a C4S. I'd driven a 993 and 997 and could feel, I think anyway, the pull of the front end coming out of several turns. I think I'm getting that same "feeling" now. I like the idea of the 5% minimum to 40% max of the front end. I dont think its just mental... but I've never put the car up on jack stands or roller stands to test the system. And you're also really right re the advertising. If the awd system did not work as advertised by Porsche, my God, can you imagine the repercussions, all the C4 owners from the very first would be up in arms. This is a great thread.... good info...thanks. jl
  3. judgejon
    PSM activation... My personal experience seems to indicate that PSM's stability control aspects detect the "out of whack" condition immediately and then "stand-by", wait for a few hundred milliseconds, for the driver to take, make, corrective action/measures and if not then will use the FULL-FORCE of measures (engine dethrottling selective braking/unbraking, etc.) to reign the matter in. VC response MUST be delayed otherwise it would/might stiffen too quickly and provide a serious level of driveline windup and/or wheel hop/scrubbing in a tight accelerating turn. Something it MUST NOT do. A bit in the extreme but think about that circumstance in a 4WD/4X4 with the center diff'l locked. Broken thumbs, anyone..??? this explains the jolt I feel in my shoulder when the psm kicks in. M, if the awd didn't generally work as advertised all of us C4 owners would likely be involved in one massive class action lawsuit. I'll give you a full report when I'm back to running the same rubber all around. till then, I guess I'll be turning the psm off on twisty roads. ps: like we've talked about before, the color of your car is outstanding. best...j
  4. judgejon
    sounds like you're on the right track. I had a mysterious leak into the back seat area of my older 911SC that turned out to be coming from the connection of one of the drain tubes of the sunroof bay. the tube ends up at a discharge hole at the back of the roof. found it eventually by taking out the headliner. guess is your right about a "secret" top drain tube, possibly in the convertible top bay area? good luck..
  5. judgejon
    found it, strike the question. its a little cooling fan on the side of the amp. more interesting Porsche trivia. thanks, jl
  6. judgejon
    Back to normal. I wonder if it is the moisture in the atmosphere or what. It happens two times in the past twe weeks already. There was one time the bass all a sudden went crazy. All I did was to take the bottle of motor oil away from the little space between the amp and the side of the car, away from the cooling fan of the amp. I did the same thing this morning. After the radio started acting up, I removed the bottle of motor oil and gave the cooling fan of the amp some room and the problem is gone. Alright, I think I will have to make sure I am not putting anything there to obstruct the airflow near the amp's cooling fan. I am just thinking out loud. Thanks for reading and responding to my thread. :D Please forgive my naivete, but I didnt know the amp has a cooling fan. where is it? this is the amp that bolted in by the right front of the spare tire in the "well"? interesting issue, thank you for posting...
  7. judgejon
    wow...this is a great thread... http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...amp;#entry58986 .. . it's noted other current awd tread.
  8. judgejon
    take a look at the other thread going on re "understanding the aws system." interesting questions... hope there are some answers out there.
  9. judgejon
    I think I understand the question, but I have no clue as to the technical answer. In my own experiences, when I ran Pirelli PZeros for a limited time after getting the car, the psm did not come on. I made the mistake of not changing all the tires and put Potenza 050's on the back. the psm started coming on a lot. when it comes on in a curve its just **** distracting and feels scary to me. its gotten better since, but for the curvy mountain driving I often do I just turn it off. When it kicks in I get a jolt as the wheels seem to lock up. It seems to me its the rear tires. I've had recent shoulder surgery and I really feel it in my shoulder when that happens. If I have the psm off and brake in a curve the abs comes on, and thats also pretty distracting, but that cant be turned off as I understand it. so I think my problem is probably the tires. and my driving is hold-over from my older car and I'm still exploring the awd system capability (within reason that is) and that could also have something to do with it. I'd have to say autocross with the psm off and find out what the car can do. I'd be interested in other answers to this thread and to your autocross experiences going both ways. Cheers, ....
  10. judgejon
    I dont have the "valet" key for my car. I contacted Sonnen in Marin and they wanted me there, the car there, and about $300 bucks. I've passed on the valet key....
  11. judgejon
    fair warning to all.... the car is up and running strong. smog appt on Friday at a shop with a good Porsche guy. serious advertising will start very soon, pca, etc. 12,500, but all serious offers considered.
  12. judgejon
    Bob, did you ever figure this out? I re-read your first post...did you say 30k miles on an '83? holy cow...I've got 326k on my '79, with an engine refreshing at 160k. I'm guessing the car was in a time capsule?
  13. judgejon
    Pulley changed, problem solved. Idler pulley, 996.102.119.58. Replaced pulley felt as though it had a little restriction or brushing feel to it, new one smooth as silk.
  14. judgejon
    belt dressing was great on the older v belts when necessary, but usually the problem was that the belt was simply too loose. I do not believe that it is recommended to use belt dressing on the newer serpentine belts..might cause a slippage and that could be big $$$. Re the pulley, the mechanic said he could hear the high pitched sound coming from the pulley when he tested it. I'll post the details for sure. Battery is a big Interstate MTP-93, installed new in late March. now hooked up on weekends to the Charge-omat II. here's where the pulley lives. I read that the new 997C4S will be getting a reflector stripe again, but a bit narrower.
  15. judgejon
    turns out the noise was caused by the alternator pulley. being replaced tomorrow at my local indy. similar problem just noted over on 6speed, seems this high pitched pulley noise is not that uncommon. thanks to all...
  16. judgejon
    do you have to disconnect the battery before removing and cleaning the MAF?
  17. judgejon
    On a more serious note, I have a LoJack in my car and that does not look like the "box" I have. Moreover, the LoJack techs would not mount the box in that area, rather more remote area of the car ( usually close to the battery area in a P-car hidden from clear view.. Does the RCA cable coming either out of the box ( or in) come from the radio antenna?? It may be an RF amplifier to try and get better radio performance from these marginal head-units. If you call LoJack customer service and explain you are the second owner of the car they can use your VIN number to tell you if the car was ever registered in their system as having LoJack. the number is 800-456-5225. Demosan thinking about this a little bit more, the box does remind me of a radio interference filter I installed on my old '68 Camaro. It helped to filter out static from the radio. the box was similar, although much smaller, and attached to the antenna and had a ground wire. I eventually got rid of the box, regrounded the car, and solved the static issue that way. the red light tells me its something different though. Otherwise, it could be a federal witness program telepathy control device, but I'd still bet on light speed control box.
  18. judgejon
    Chuck, this is contra to all the reports re the Ctek/Porsche unit. I'll try mine when I get it and let you know. jl
  19. judgejon
    thanks to all for the info. I got the Porsche labeled chargeomatic II at a good price from Jeff Clark up at Sunset Imports. couldn't resist the newer model with the label, but I guess that's my m.o. all the info really helped. I do have a small Napa trickle charger on a gas emergency generator battery, but ended up getting the "label" for the C4S. Beetles? well, why dont we do it in the road....?
  20. judgejon
    oem light speed jump driver.... (sold by Kragan/Sears/Pep Boys as "warp" speed jump driver). :)
  21. judgejon
    Sorry, posted this to the wrong forum.... I replaced the battery in my C4S with an Interstate in May08. Planning to be away for a few weeks this summer, and everything I've read tells me to put a trickle charger on the car. So, which one? Porsche has 2, but I think the "silver" charge-omatic-II, 980.611.981.00, is the replacement for the "black" maintainer, 980.611.980.00. Both are available...which one is the preferred? and, do I have this right, you just plug it into the always-hot cig lighter, plug the other end into an a/c, close the door on the power cord, or maybe crack a window open a little bit, and leave it alone.
  22. judgejon
    no clue, but Durametrics will clear the light. good luck.
  23. judgejon
    good luck with this problem. I'd be interested to know the resolution. My air bag has not come back, yet. My revised guess is that I caught the light when I used the radio with the key out and the driver's seat belt not connected. weird. But I've cleaned the buckle connection and will hope for the best.
  24. judgejon
    yep. the air cooleds where even better..... many exhaust mods possible and the cars would produce a great "note" over 3500 - 4000 rpms.
  25. judgejon
    I'm curious to know how this turns out...kindly update as the situation develops. good luck...
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