LVDell

I be interested to see the tech manual that states book time on the clutch is only 5 hours.

While it should be less than $1500 it won't be unless you have a VERY good relationship with your SA or you go to an indy. I just went through this and I can tell you book time is 10 hours on the clutch job and the parts are not cheap either. The clutch kit is nearly $600 list price plus you need to replace a few misc parts while in there (seals, bolts, etc.). The dealer will charge in the $2-2.5K range. I just had mine done at my local indy. My total bill was a bit more ($2500) but I also needed a new dual mass flywheel (OUCH!) and I had them do the plugs and poly belt as well since it was time for my 60K service. Had all I needed was the clutch they were going to charge me $1300 (850 labor and 450 parts). The flywheel was **** near $1K!!!!!! Let's just say I am so happy my Christmas gift was a new clutch (detect sarcasm).

Just looked over the website and would be VERY curious what it can do. If it's nothing more than an OBD tool that will allow us to reset the airbag light then I would definitely pass. But........if it turns out to be closer to a PST2 then I am on board for the first group buy that gets organized.

Can't wait to hear your response to the product Loren.

Welcome to the bolt-action feel of the SSK. I actually like it. One of my favorite mods.

Sounds like a great list of upgrades! Any pics you could post would be great since these are alot of the upgrades I wanted to do to my Pepper. Also would be interested to hear about the bypass pipes and what you meant by ricer sounding. Too high pitched?

Absolutely hideous! What a waste of a beautiful Cayenne. Ricer tail lights and that Chrysler 300 front is starting a gag reflex here.

WHen I see crap like this I ask one question.........Why?

Clutch life is based on YOUR drving style and is not a design defect. I have seen clutches last as little as 2 days and as long as 100K (neither my car just reports from my SA).

RMS is a <$1K fix and the newest seal (4th gen) seems to be the winner.

Did you do your homwork BEFORE you bought this car? Did you have a full PPI done? Did you research the history of the car service related? If you did then you did your homework, if you didn't still get it all done.

Now go drive your car and quit worrying about it. Life is TOO short to worry about a seal if it leaks. If it does, you fix it.

Off to go bleed! Thanks for the help.

I think I found it. Didn't realize how high up it is. Here is a picture I took under the car. It is the black plastic cover looking thing left of center in the middle of this picture?

Here are 2 pics I took of my drivers side wheel well and was hoping somebody could direct me to the clutch bleed valve in the pics. Feel free to P-Shop an arrow or something to point it out.

Totally OT, but I just noticeds this is my 1000th post! Wahoo, so what do I win Loren???

I ordered my RoWM030 for my C2CAB from Phil (and Jeff) at Sunset and it took about 4 weeks to get here from Germany. He gets it from Germany then turns out and send it to you.

Hey Jim....yes I ordered the MKII lip NOT the Supercup lip then made modifications for it to fit properly (see pics on page 1 of this thread).

Kim,

The 99-01 models are different.

I have been changing the oil in my 996 for the last 30K miles and change it every 5K-7.5K and NEVER had to add oil between changes. A couple times between changes I have maybe added .5 qt but that was after a hard weeekend on the track. I have a tough time believing that anything more than what I experience is normal.

Wow! That is alot of oil consumtion.

Snake oil.

Thanks Loren :cheers:

999 170 207 91 for all Carrera's to MY01. 14FGR 6KQU

Retail $13.32 (each) - as of Oct 2005)

So plugs for the 99-01 are different than the 02+??? If so, what makes them different?

Thanks as always Loren!!!

Getting ready to do my 60K service and wanted to verify what I need to be using in my 2000 996CAB? Just want to make sure that the part number I furnish is the most recent and correct for my model.

Are all NA 996's using the same plug??? Retail cost???

TIA,

Dell

Check your thread over on Rennlist. I posted an answer there for you. Hope it helps.

My you are quite the defensive person. All I said was that I wasn't sure if the link was available to non-contributing members......thus, if it wasn't then you should consider donating to the site to have access to those things. That's it, nothing more, nothing less. At no time did I say it was mandatory nor imply that it was.

And where in the world to you come off saying that I told you that you needed in depth knowldege? You got all of that from what I said. You my friend, are wound a bit too tight and a bit hyperparanoid. Please relax, go back a re-read the entire thread and you will quickly realize that it is YOU that is out of line and making stuff up.

I do everything I can to help newbie's like yourself since I got the very same help the day I come on for the first time. But with the confrontational style you exhibit you will NEVER get the support or help you are looking for. Remember, it is YOU that wants the help, not us. We are just glad to give it.

BMW form Porsche???? What in the world are you comparing?

911porschefan.......

First, you would know if you ARE a contributing member since you would remember donating to this site since there is a paypal link at the bottom of every page to help help Loren defray some of the operating costs of this great site.

Second, loose the attitude. Nobody said you had to be an expert or long time Porsche owner to participate in this website.

Using the search feature of this site and/or giving more information about your car, etc., when asking for help will go a long way to making this a more beneficial experience for you.

And you propose what?

Not sure it the link is available to non-contributing members but if you look at the top of every page at the link listed at top there is one that says "Porsche Manuals".

If you are not a contributing member, consider helping support this site that Loren has put together with a wealth of information such as manual available as downloads in pdf format, etc.