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Clean rear underneath and everything i can get
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Today the 996 is getting the suspensions components cleaned, rear underneath and everything I can get to for now without my lift I need to order soon.
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Now onto the engine, its been neglected, so ims replaced by the original owner at 45k.
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Then knucklehead got it and blinged it out , now I have it reversed back to stock form and I'm running into a problem with a cam sensor code with miss fires.
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Getting the car running, shifting and stopping right (don't forget to check the age of your tires)
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Ive been dumping oil for 2 days now, 40 quarts of mobile 1 and 4 filter, it's clean now, but o man, you should have seen what was coming out the filters, Amazing how much better she is running now after all this work reversing from years of storage and neglect.
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Then knucklehead got it and blinged it out , now I have it reversed back to stock form and I'm running into a problem with a cam sensor code with miss fires.
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Ive been dumping oil for 2 days now, 40 quarts of mobile 1 and 4 filter, it's clean now, but o man, you should have seen what was coming out the filters, Amazing how much better she is running now after all this work reversing from years of storage and neglect.
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Hello,
I'm Joe, I'm new to the site. I've been gaining a lot of great information on the site recently. I have a 2001 966 Carrera 3.4 I love the car since day 1. I bought the car with 60k miles on it, a young gentleman owned the car and he turned it into a orange gt2 look alike. I mean to tell you he went the whole nine yards, then jumped over the left field fence with these silly parts and paint And stickers . I bought the car with one thing in mind, get her back to original. Luckily he did not completely destroy interior, but I had to buy a lot of interior parts ! My intention was to repainted to original or close, pull all body pieces spoiler etc, etc ETC. well I did. My painter was a middle of the road guy, maybe . But anyway after 1000's spent it's now descent in my opinion only, yes some overly affectionate orange can still be seen places along with middle of the road silver painter overspray. Now onto the engine, its been neglected, so ims replaced by the original owner at 45k. Then knucklehead got it and blinged it out , now I have it reversed back to stock form and I'm running into a problem with a cam sensor code with miss fires. took it to a dealer and he ran that code, he suggested to let him change sensor and diagnose again. I left there went to a go fast Porsche builder and he said same , but he threw in a possibly that the engine could have a verocam related problem, seems to be electronic and not mechanical , could be the main culprit of the sensor code , So please help with any advice on what to do, and if I'm going in a good direction with getting this sweet ride back to full glory!
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Thanks Pinks, I'm still working on her. Appointment Tuesday with a great Porsche Guy, he said he would slap a sensor in her then diagnose, then we will go from there. Ive been dumping oil for 2 days now, 40 quarts of mobile 1 and 4 filter, it's clean now, but o man, you should have seen what was coming out the filters, Amazing how much better she is running now after all this work reversing from years of storage and neglect.
Congrats and welcome. I have a bone stock 996 and just love these cars in their original shape. Granted, mods done tastefully are often beneficial, but I've modded some many times that I'm now happy with my car as-is.
Good luck with the restoration.
Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement. Before pictures I had fully planned to get, but when the 18 wheeler driver that brought me the 996 from out west while backing it off the trailer he ripped the entire frontend off!!! So I didn't take any pictures what so ever. The car went straight onto a rollback from my driveway in a matter of minutes. As far as the nasty junk coming from the filter, no no pictures.
Today the 996 is getting the suspensions components cleaned, rear underneath and everything I can get to for now without my lift I need to order soon. I can see what needs replacing after all is like new clean. It's a real mess under here , this is good times for me. Cheers.
Thanks for all the kind words, well I didn't get it cheap, it had over 20k in aftermarket parts installed. I did get a pretty penny for all the parts after removed from the 996. I just order a set of torque solutions semi solid mounts, we are going to window seal stuff the transmission mounts and get my camshaft position sensor in this coming week. Man for the South Carolina guy, we aren't that far apart right now, IaM is headed to Japan soon, I'm heading back to Oceanside soon
Southern Man, I have no ideas how to contact the original owner, this car was brokered for me, I had someone find the car, It had been in storage For years, the Car was neglected for years before it was stored. I had a Porsche broker find the car buy the car and delivery of the car, I did not do anything but say yes or no to his findings. Then he came across this 996, it was nothing I wanted because it had way to much stuff throughout that was not stock. We talked about the car and I wanted a hobby, something to do now that I have the time on my hands and some a little cash. So I bought the car wanting one thing, bring her back to original and help her out. So that's what's been going on for a few months now. I'm and I'm about done, we have the engine mounts and one sensor and a few suspensions parts to button up then she is mint in my opinion only.
These are the engine mounts, my car is not a daily driver, it's a toy And relief of stress to me only, the vibration I'll welcome, stiff rides are more than welcome. I do hope these are as good as they claim, lifetime warranty, so can't really go wrong, I want to buzz around
Yes we should have seen the oil filters to advise you on your next move!
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Im going to give a guy a shot in a couple days, he works or owns some Race tire distribution
All they have over there are really nice Porsche and I'm sure he knows what he talking about. I just don't want the car in incapable hands. If you know of any low country Indy then why not post them for us, names and numbers please. Otherwise just saying there are good low country 996 guys is no help without the contact information
As others have mentioned, great work on the 996. If you need any additional information, take a look at the link below to our site's DIY tech articles on the 996 platform. Please let us know if you have any questions!
Porsche 996 Technical Articles
These PelicanParts tech articles are absolutely wirth thier weight in gold. I've used them over the years to accomplish many things on my cars. It's really the first place I go when I look to figure out how difficult a job will be. I wonder how many thousands of people have saved hundreds of dollars each just because of these articles.
Thanks so much for the kind words, I've been busy with her restoring for sure. Sorry so late with the response, I've been kinda grounded. I look at your great part site and great information on a lot of stuff, thanks
Thanks Anthony, there stuff looks really good, they have a lot of information posted about everything and that's helpful. I found a video on YouTube last night of a guy showing a complete build of the m96, it was great information.
The Pelican tech. articles are good, but don't be fooled into thinking they are the be all/end all. I would also recommend checking out as many sources of info as possible ; including here, Bently Manual, renntech, etc...Don't just take one and run with it, as mistakes tend to be very expensive
If you ever have a question about an article or something that relates to one of them, but we don't have info on the exact repair you can always comment on the bottom of the article and one of our techs might have additional input as well. But yes, Bentley is also a good investment and we are actually offering 10% off on their manuals currently. The forums are always a very great resource so don't be scared to ask questions. We are here if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
Bentley Manual:
http://www.pelicanparts.com/promos/1...72017/Porsche/
Hello, Last night I was trying to read about your suspension overhaul repair page. Due to the pelican pop up slide thingy I can't read the page. That pelican gets in the way, I'm doing all on iPhone 5se
I just went back to the site and it's fine now on my phone, no no computers in the house, no cable Tv. Oldschool. I do have this iPhone iPad and iTunes
I'm going to order the parts I need from pelican and do this job myself. It's very straight forward and I've built And tunned same types of suspension but on a much smaller scale but the same.
I was reading the instructions and I'm not having any of the symptoms there speaking about For worn out parts. im going to just go by the pelican write up and replace everything I come across in the overhaul???? Is this a good ideas
If it ain't broke, don't fix it? I read somewhere else you said you are at the end of your budget. I'd focus on the things that don't work right now, my 2.
What's that 12K for?
Focus on getting the car running right and on the road. Then you can address other things over time.
Putting a lot of money in an upgraded suspension on a cab won't give you the same "bang for the buck" as it would on a coupe. So, save that task for later once you are driving and see if your driving style requires suspension mods.
Focus on the following:
1. Getting the car running, shifting and stopping right (don't forget to check the age of your tires)
2. Engine upgrades for reliability (slippery slope....)
3. Remaining issues (such as minor electrical issues)
4. Nice to haves such as suspension, cosmetic upgrades, etc.
Hello I found a black hardtop. I like the two tone look. The top is black, my car is silver. What's your thoughts on this look. The pictures posted is the top that I'm considering.
The black top actually looks pretty decent on that silver car. It's pretty common to see black canvas tops of different colored cars, so you're not that far off.
I don't know anything about this car in the picture, it's the top I called about, he sent me this picture because I had a concern of the look of the black top. Ironically his car was silver also. But he has a different color interior than my grey/silver interior. His was beige brown.
No, it's a beautiful car. I'm still trying to figure out the 10hour trip to fetch it. I'm thinking if I pick up this top , I'm going to paint the front and back finders to match the top. Then I'm going to come down the sides at the bottom with Carrera 911 bold. The hood Two wide strips painted of black . If anyone can photoshop my car for me with this scheme I'm talking about please please do . Please post up pictures at different angles
With the black top on my silver car seems like it needs more black to pull It together. The painted to Match fenders would give a cradling effect to the black hardtop. But with the top off It would look redonkulouse
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