15 captured repliesDiscussion pagination complete · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCHTranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Leading reported evidence
Disconnect of the necessary bits, you need
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
To pull the unit, besides disconnecting all of the necessary bits, you need to also hold the engine up either from below with a jack, of from above using a specialized engine support bar:
Tranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Read full discussion summary
Leading evidence: 'Disconnect of the necessary bits, you need' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Disconnect of the necessary bits, you need' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.
Use either a transmission jack, or a transmission adaptor
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
Once the engine is supported, use either a transmission jack, or a transmission adaptor on a floor jack and it’s out……….
Tranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Use engine support bar……
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
When I see people using stacks of wood or bottle jacks to support the engine, yes it works, but it is nowhere as simple as when you use an engine support bar…….
Tranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Use specialized engine support bar
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
To pull the unit, besides disconnecting all of the necessary bits, you need to also hold the engine up either from below with a jack, of from above using a specialized engine support bar:
Tranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Use stacks of wood or bottle jacks
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
When I see people using stacks of wood or bottle jacks to support the engine, yes it works, but it is nowhere as simple as when you use an engine support bar…….
Tranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Frequently discussed actions (5)
These are separate views of the same evidence. Frequency alone does not establish a fix, and these counts must not be added together.
Disconnect of the necessary bits, you need
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
To pull the unit, besides disconnecting all of the necessary bits, you need to also hold the engine up either from below with a jack, of from above using a specialized engine support bar:
Tranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Use engine support bar……
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
When I see people using stacks of wood or bottle jacks to support the engine, yes it works, but it is nowhere as simple as when you use an engine support bar…….
Tranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Use specialized engine support bar
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
To pull the unit, besides disconnecting all of the necessary bits, you need to also hold the engine up either from below with a jack, of from above using a specialized engine support bar:
Tranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Use stacks of wood or bottle jacks
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
When I see people using stacks of wood or bottle jacks to support the engine, yes it works, but it is nowhere as simple as when you use an engine support bar…….
Tranny Removal - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Coverage and how to read this overview
Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.
15 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
986Forum: 1 discussions
0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.
1 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.
Outcome without a verified action link
The wrong tools but worked for me when I did not have a engine brace
Good question - I've been wondering about that too. One day I will need a new clutch and I'd like to do it myself, but I don't have a hoist and would like to know if the car can be raised high enough on jack stands to do the job.
Yes, it can be done on jack stands. To pull the unit, besides disconnecting all of the necessary bits, you need to also hold the engine up either from below with a jack, of from above using a specialized engine support bar:
Once the engine is supported, use either a transmission jack, or a transmission adaptor on a floor jack and it’s out……….
Fancy tools! (correct tools actually)
I do it with a floor jack for the tranny or a motorcycle jack and I put a couple of jack stands with some plywood under the motor. Not the correct way but it works just fine
It would appear tha Steve Allen (not the comedian) is a context sensitive spam bot. It takes longer to play the "what is out of place here" game than if it said "Lorum ipselm doscuto prodiem quo vas exitos venitia" with the loaded links underneath.
I would be willing to bet that if you click those links you will find that a trojan, or keystroke recorder has been installed on your system.
Go ahead you click it, I am not going to.
As always, there are a lot of ways to skin the proverbial cat here; the biggest problem I have found when doing this on the ground is stay out of your own way while doing it. Supporting the engine from above leaves the entire area under the car clear of obstructions, which is useful for getting the trans jack in and out smoothly, and leaves room for an extra pair of hands, etc. When I see people using stacks of wood or bottle jacks to support the engine, yes it works, but it is nowhere as simple as when you use an engine support bar…….
That engine support bar looks slick. Prices on it range from $50 to $140, so shop around if you're going to buy one.
I love a good excuse to buy a new tool! Thanks again JFP!
Mark
FYI: I bought the OTC 4324 Stinger Engine Support Bar ($89.99) - wish I had bought a smaller one, this one didn't fit into the gutter around the engine, so I had to cut up some wood to raise it up, and it slipped when I was trying to get it into position, giving me a dent.
-james
While the answer, “as high as possible” may sound a little trite; it is correct. I’ve seen it done on jack stands with 11” max extension height, which is a little low for me. The higher up the car is, the more room you have to work in…….
