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changing manual transmission fluid in 986
heeltoer posted a topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
hey all, before you slam me for not search or going to the DYI section, you should know im posting after having printed the 996 manual transmission change article and jacking up the car. Right after i jacked up the car i found something weird, the diagram views the transmission from the right hand side of the car, with the fill plug on the right, well on our boxster its on the left!. Basically the 996 picture is for the RR configuration (duh), with the transmission pointing towards the front, this same transmission faces the rear in the 986 and the fill plug is on the left hand side. Here is the problem, the drain plug looks easily accessible on the 996 but that is not the case on the 986. Directly underneath the transmission is this metal cover plate that is attached to the rear cross member -- this cross member starts at the rear jack points, and is an attatchment point for the suspension. This is hard to explain and i wish i had pictures but if you take a look at the rear jack point it should be pretty obvious. anyways, this metal covering place needs to be removed to get to the drain plug. does anyone know how? even after i removed the 6 nuts and 2 bolts, this plate did not come off, its sandwiched between crossmember and a suspension mount point. is there a way around the drain plug? I.e. could you potentially suck the old fluid out? another issue i faced was that the fill plug did not want to open. The 996 directions say to use a 17mm allen, but my 10mm allen fit perfectly fine, unfortunatly it wouldn't budge. anyideas? thanks -heeltoer