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GT4.3 mod and restoration diary

I went for a similar set up with mine using the VicTsing Car MP3 Player FM Transmitter for £12.99 from Amazon (t's a run out model). I'm pretty happy with it so far :dont know:

Just need to do the map upgrade and we're there :thumb:

(Though might need your help on how I make sure I get the right discs :oops: )

Mind you I am liking the key cases you have fitted....where did you source them etc? :?:
 
My choice of this model of FM transmitter was the small size/hinged fixing that would fit neatly hidden in the cubby and which took flush SD cards.


Keys:

eBay

eg:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Replaceme...651541?hash=item4d369ba415:g:SmEAAOSwubRXK8qK

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161984705958?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

But do a quick search at the time of ordering for best price or quickest delivery (some say UK, but ship from China, which means it can take longer than expected)

Should be circa £15 each

NB - you need 2BTN model (3BTN for cab/targa)

PS - PM your firmware versions from PCM (hold Main + Trip to diagnostics menu) - they are "one shot", so happy to upgrade for you and you just buy the nav DVD (I'd offer to copy nav DVD, but I never find these things very reliable/consistent, about 14 dud DVDs down the road you get one that works, by which point time money and hair loss indicate buy from a source that works first time!)
 
New997buyer said:
I went for a similar set up with mine using the VicTsing Car MP3 Player FM Transmitter for £12.99 from Amazon (t's a run out model). I'm pretty happy with it so far :dont know:

Just need to do the map upgrade and we're there :thumb:

(Though might need your help on how I make sure I get the right discs :oops: )

Mind you I am liking the key cases you have fitted....where did you source them etc? :?:

I've used these discs and never a problem so far........£25 from memory for PCM2.1. :thumb:

http://www.satnavupgrades.co.uk/id4.html
 
Perhaps it's a model year thing, but 2.5 hours after locking up, Satechi still singing to itself.

So running a switched line (ignition live) from PCM is still on the cards for GT4.3
 
GT4 said:
Perhaps it's a model year thing, but 2.5 hours after locking up, Satechi still singing to itself.

So running a switched line (ignition live) from PCM is still on the cards for GT4.3

Damn.

I did a google on the subject and found a wide range of answers from it dosnt turn off to it does after 15mins to 2hrs :roll: Not exactly conclusive!

I'd imagine if it's still singing after 2.5 hrs it's going to keep singing.
 
GT4 said:
Perhaps it's a model year thing, but 2.5 hours after locking up, Satechi still singing to itself.

So running a switched line (ignition live) from PCM is still on the cards for GT4.3

Strange indeed sorry for wasting 2.5 hours of your Hula music , mines just an fm transmitter so i have no record of how long it stays on for or if it is something built into the fm transmitter itself but its definitely off the next day, anyway as you say easy enough to run a switched live underneath :D
 
GT4 said:
My choice of this model of FM transmitter was the small size/hinged fixing that would fit neatly hidden in the cubby and which took flush SD cards.


Keys:

eBay

eg:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Replaceme...651541?hash=item4d369ba415:g:SmEAAOSwubRXK8qK

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161984705958?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

But do a quick search at the time of ordering for best price or quickest delivery (some say UK, but ship from China, which means it can take longer than expected)

Should be circa £15 each

NB - you need 2BTN model (3BTN for cab/targa)

PS - PM your firmware versions from PCM (hold Main + Trip to diagnostics menu) - they are "one shot", so happy to upgrade for you and you just buy the nav DVD (I'd offer to copy nav DVD, but I never find these things very reliable/consistent, about 14 dud DVDs down the road you get one that works, by which point time money and hair loss indicate buy from a source that works first time!)



Re the Bluetooth widget - now I've seen the neatness of your one mine could end up in the wife's Polo..... :chin:

Re the rest cheers and appreciated :thumb:

BTW are you Dinslakening in it? :?:
 
New997buyer said:
GT4 said:
My choice of this model of FM transmitter was the small size/hinged fixing that would fit neatly hidden in the cubby and which took flush SD cards.


Keys:

eBay

eg:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Replaceme...651541?hash=item4d369ba415:g:SmEAAOSwubRXK8qK

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161984705958?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

But do a quick search at the time of ordering for best price or quickest delivery (some say UK, but ship from China, which means it can take longer than expected)

Should be circa £15 each

NB - you need 2BTN model (3BTN for cab/targa)

PS - PM your firmware versions from PCM (hold Main + Trip to diagnostics menu) - they are "one shot", so happy to upgrade for you and you just buy the nav DVD (I'd offer to copy nav DVD, but I never find these things very reliable/consistent, about 14 dud DVDs down the road you get one that works, by which point time money and hair loss indicate buy from a source that works first time!)



Re the Bluetooth widget - now I've seen the neatness of your one mine could end up in the wife's Polo..... :chin:

Re the rest cheers and appreciated :thumb:

BTW are you Dinslakening in it? :?:

Dinslaken/Harrow(?), what's few thousand k's between friends :floor:

Have you a nice Durametric cable too?

Happy to show you mine!

Seriously though, I can just post firmware discs - but you may be upto date for 2016 DVD.

You need to PM to advise your PCM and DVD firware vers :thumb:
 
GT4 said:
New997buyer said:
Re the Bluetooth widget - now I've seen the neatness of your one mine could end up in the wife's Polo..... :chin:

Re the rest cheers and appreciated :thumb:

BTW are you Dinslakening in it? :?:

Dinslaken/Harrow(?), what's few thousand k's between friends :floor:

Have you a nice Durametric cable too?

Happy to show you mine!

Seriously though, I can just post firmware discs - but you may be upto date for 2016 DVD.

You need to PM to advise your PCM and DVD firware vers :thumb:

Cheers! PM okay at this 'tender' stage :oops:

But the Dinslaken question is a genuine one. Will you be taking it over for the show etc? :?:
 
Another little one

Boot carpet screw (previously MIA)

Just waiting to see if weather improves enough this weekend for LTT fit or PU removal.
 

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OK, so probably the biggest (or second biggest mod I was planning), but still doable in 2 hours first time.

No such thing as third-time lucky, as the hose retainer had corroded and after struggling to even turn it around for 20 mins, it was apparent one off the twin bands had snapped. This meant as much as I squeezed the release tabs, the snapped ring never opened (released), so I had to angle grind.

But that was the only gremlin, in fact this was the "driest" change I'd done and I think I lost less than cup of coolant in total (main reasons were unscrew the drain plug over the bucket :? , and use the reservoir cap up top to control the flow rate - also, to stop the block dripping on me continuously once "drained" in some sort of water-torture - I simply lightly screwed the drain plug back in whilst I continued lying under the car)

I'm rambling, because basically, the method is here:

http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=83808
and
http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=65932

Only real difference between 997 and 996 was the E10 Torx (rather than hex bolts) and "quick" release hose retaining clip (rather than Jubilee)

Oh, and for the 996 I used an insert only (£80 from Hartech) and gasket from OPC (I think £4.50) now I can get a full housing, gasket and insert by Wahler (but housing actually Porsche part) from https://www.frazerpart.com/ for £45

The part is the same for any M96/M97 (ie 996.1 3.4 all the way through 997.1 3.8)

Note: the Porsche part number has been removed by Wahler (as no one but Porsche can sell OEM parts). But note the official "triangle P" OEM part stamp :floor:

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Photo list:

1.) BorgWarner Box (Wahler)
2.) Housing and 71 deg tstat
3.) Part number redaction (but \P/ stamp)
4.) Gasket
5.) Chock
6.) Raised rear by (the higher the better for air-lock mitigation on re-commissioning) - I drove up onto a sleeper and then jacked for a 55cm lift in total)
7.) ... and front view
8.) WD-40'd hardline and housing bolts (and the recalcitrant hose clip)
9.) Draining (and the drain plug on the socket)
10.) Pink!
 

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Cont'd

11) Old vs New
12) The angle-ground clip and the Jubilee replacement (£1.79 Halfords)
13) Block mating face (pre clean)
14) ... and cleaned (wet and dry)
15) Housing on
16) All back together
17) Oil temp seems to be stable at 85-87 deg-ish (and oil pressure about 0.2-0.3 bar higher)
 

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Great work Paul :thumbs:

Sorry if I missed it but how long did it take you start to finish? :?:
 

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