Time To Begin The DIY Maintenance(and Mods) Journey (Including RMS!)

Well I am new to Porsche, but its not gonna take long to learn these cars inside and out! I bought all the necessary parts(including the RMS Special tool!) to do the following: RMS and associated items Spark Plugs Belt Oil Filter Fuel Filter Clutch Pollen/Cabin Filter Suncoast Motorsports Short Shift Kit Here are some pics of the parts and the tool. You can see how the tool is made inorder to give the proper recess of the seal...An expensive tool but hopefully its the only time i have to use it...If not, then at least i have it! If anyone would want to rent the tool I would be more then happy to work that out! Im starting Friday, i will update with how it goes! -Keith

How much was the clutch and the RMS tool.

I would plan on taking Monday off also!!

The clutch kit was around $430 and the RMS tool you can find for around $230 NAH!! I will put it up on the lift...Wont take too long. Im figuring around 5hours for the clutch and RMS...And a few hours for the other things. One Saturday should be enough! -Keith

This is great that you 996 guys are now starting to DIY. Let the revolution begin!

Eventually we will be able to get engine and trans parts that's when the fun begins.

What year is your 996?

1999 I have been a DIYer all my life. I would never be able to afford a nice car if I paid dealer prices on parts and labor!! I had a 95 m3 before this car and I built my own turbo kit to push over 700hp! I still think to this day it is the highest HP BMW in the USA not done by a tuner... To each his own

Let me make this suggestion then. I do not see the clutch release lever in the picture of your parts. Make sure you replace it and associated parts as it has been redesigned since the orginal. There is a TSB issued for this lever to correct noise in the bellhousing, but in addition to causing noise, it negatively effects the release of the cluth. The new design is much better. Total cost of parts and grease is less than $70. The original designed lever will get hung up on high powered clutch releases and cause disc slippage. Jim

Here are the part numbers;

Thanks for the heads up! -Keith

If you are able to do it yourself...great...I wish I could and had to patience!! I just wanna ride!! Goodluck this weekend...and your right if you know what you are doing.....it's easy! and saves you a bundle!!

Keith, Good luck and try to document as much as you can for us with pics. Sounds like a great weekend to me.

Also, exercise extreme care and follow the instructions to the letter when installing the new style RMS. These can easily get rolled or not seat properly when installing, necessitating doing the whole thing over. While you're in there, I would also update the intermediate shaft flange seal and use the new micro-encapsulated case bolts. Any parts guy with a tiny bit of knowledge should know these aprt numbers off the top of their head. Cheers

Starting?? I thought we had been doing it for years!

Maybe. My comment was regarding your 996 bretheren, and the apparent lack of doing interesting jobs on the car at home. 996s have been moded to h igh heaven on rennlist, but usually by tuners. You don't see people saying "Boy, I need to get in that engine and replace xxx," or "I think I will replace my shocks this weekend,".

I will definitely be taking pictures and documenting the ordel... Today i ordered all the parts to update the clutch lever like 1999Porsch911 had suggested. Suncoast had all but 1 part, which i paid to be overnighted...Hopefully it gets here by friday or i have to wait another week I will be carefull. I have built motors by hand before, so it should be no big deal with the RMS tool(supposedly fool proof). I am updating the IMS. You can see in the pictures the flange(in the green bag) and the micro-encapsulated bolts are there too! -Keith

As you guyes requested...If there are any specific questions...Just ask! https://rennlist.com/forums/996-forum/286452-results-of-my-diy-maintenance-and-rms.html That thread as the info