Is there a resouce anywhere for technical manuals? I have been looking around quite a bit and repair and service information is very hard to find. I come from BMWs and did all my own work on them but it seems no one works on Porsches themselves?????
I would very much like to continue to do my own work and service plus mods, so technical resources would be very helpful. If not I plan to post anything I can find with set by step DIY information and instructions.
Anyone?
Good luck. For some reason no one, including the factory wants to share any info on Porsches. I don't get it either.
Start
here
, it's not much.
Check out the user porschelibrarian. He sells the OEM manuals on pdf. I bought a copy and although it is a huge pdf file and a little cumbersome to use it is all there. It was about $100.
I believe with 987/997's
Porsche
stopped paper service manual and the info is
only
in the Porsche Computer service thing. I don't remember formal name for this pull-in portable computer that Porsche uses.
I bought an ebay copy of the older 986 service manual on disc for $45 on my 2000 Boxster S and alot of this is the same and still applies
but
the new systems aren't going to be in there DFI PDK new engine.
As we have previously mentioned those are in violation of copyrights held by
Porsche
.
Do you suppose a poll here would sway
Porsche
? I can't in the least imagine that alienating the owners who do prefer to do it themselves is their real objective. Nor would really impact service revenue in any meaningful fashion. Either a paper version like they used to sell or a software based system would work for me.
If software based I could live with a DRM'd set up that was tied to a particular PC (providing it could be moved when upgrading) and even accept a subscription fee to stay current. All of this last would only work if set up with 'enthusiast' pricing for use on a couple cars at a time. If priced like the current repair shop/dealer version
PIWIS
we'd still be out in the cold.
Having the real deal available would probably reduce potential copyright violations also. Prohibition tends to create markets.
I just wanted to mention that I have revised and compiled the 987 and 987C workshop manuals. I have split the 987 and 987C and they still contain the same service information but they have been compiled and set up in workshop group 0-9 and service repair order as well as streamlined down from almost 700 megs to just under 58 megs.
If you have the prior 700 meg edition PM me for information
For at least some of the procedures, not all, but a large number,
Porsche
has released the data for consumer use to services like alldatadiy.com These guys claim they are licensed, the cost is reasonable, and the information comes from
Porsche
. For
Caymans
, the only available information is model year 2006, but for those of us with 2006-2008 cars they are essentially identical. It includes proper torque values and lists special tool part numbers, just like the information directly from
Porsche
. It is not reverse-engineered like manuals from Bentley.
See:
ALLDATAdiy.com :: Easy To Use Repair Information
Good tip. Being part of AutoZone I'd expect they are legal. Having the TSB's helps though it be nice if they went up to MY '08. The graphics are so-so but adequate. Looks like the coverage of tasks is pretty complete.
Still love to see
Porsche
release the real deal though.
Since you are part of AUTOZONE you should have no problem paying
Porsche
the $5,000 annual fee they require to access the workshop manuals, TSBs, and other material.
I'll bet it's a lot more than that, since Alldata is not just accessing it, they are redistributing the information. I would guess there are royalties involved. Mitchell has the same sort of business, but I don't recommend Mitchell's DIY site.
I'm still around amd don't need anyone speaking for me.
