Introducing me and my love.... Starting the restoration

Hi guys i' m from italy. My name is bongi. Well since i was 6.... I'd like to buy a 911. Yesterday i've bought a 125.000 km 996 convertibile. She's wooooooooo, blue and tabacco interior. There is only one problem.... Gearbox open cause she has the reverse and the first shift ko. I'think i'll recive the car by a week to start the restoring. Does someone of you have any idea?. 1 how to raise the car in safety? 2 how to procede with the Gearbox? Thanks friends Il bongi

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Mmm mumble mumble.... Thanks so you don' t propose ramps....ok we Will try this way.

Mmmm i've seen that there is a beautyfull book for service from bentley for 996. What do you think of it ?. Does someone of the crew has it?. Bongi

Ciao Bongi, auguri della machina, dove sie in Italia? Il problema che chai e la distanza... qui nella America abbiamo tutto che vogliamo ma si paga. A Europa non e solo la distanza ma la moneta. Devi pagare il doppio se vuoi qualche cosa da qui. La transmisione si puo capitare ma non volgia per sperirla da te. Se si parla dei pezzi si puo mandare ma se non che l'officina sei nelle guai! Un puo pu informatione sull problema se puo dare un aviso. ps Il libro sulla 996 sara buono. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...05454873,d.cWw Giuseppe n'America!

Hiiiiii Giuseppe !!!! Thanks for the book. I've bought a new one NOW. It Will comes to me in a cupple of days!!. I'll send to you pictures of my CAR to show my job. !!! I've bought 4 jack so first step Will ne LIFT THE BABY. Thanks Bongi

Beautiful color!

Bella macchina Bongi! Benvenuto!

My dear friends..... I hope BY next we of sending some photos.... Of my new lady and planning step BY step togheter the restoring. One question... Ims bearing must be done with motor down..??? Or it's possible do it with motor mounted ?

Motor can stay up.

When you remove the transmission check the IMS and replace it then.

Ciao bongi! Whereabouts in Italy are you from? If you need help with your 996 we have some great tech articles here (IMS DIY in there as well), as someone pointed out above. If you need anything please let me know!

I' ve started reading 101 project of 911 SIMPLY WONDERFULL I' ve the gearbox of my 996 convertibile in my fiat500 back.... On monday first check .... Hoping not to buy another one ... It has first and reverse gear kaput. Then ims i must buy a full kit for italy .... Do you know a good cheap seller that post to italy? Good we Bongi

You could try Hartech in the UK, they have designed their own, and they are a well trusted engineering company. I'd have one of theirs over an LN ceramic one.

That's great to hear. We do sell the IMS bearings here and ship to Italy if you don't find anything local to you.

The Bentley manual is good and the entire service manual for yours is free for download. You can even translate the .pdf to Italian if you need to.

Wow this is a good news ebete canzone i download the manual in italian? Bongi

My new lady has arrived.... Houston one question about ims ... But why to do ims i must Lock camshaft ?. Bongi In the ne t days i ll post some photo of activities Bongi

Well my lady has arrived.... I think i'll procede in this way.... The gearbox is in a workshop ... I 'll do : Put on the jacks Checking of OIL Inspection of coolant Inspection of sparkle Inspection of belt Buy a good kit to extract the ims Dismantle clutch See which kind of ims my CAR has mounted Buy a new ims Well the kit to dismantle clutch and to extract ims is std for 996 of 1998 Convertibile ? Helppp

Hi guys well i' m restoring my 996 convertibile of 99'. I've seen that someone has done the replacement of the ims bearing without blocking the cranckshaft .... But they have blocked the shaft of the motor-flywheel. Is it possible ? Does someone has a video or a tutorial for me ? I would not dismantle hall of the motor to change the bearing .... Help Bongi