The Boxster Gamble - Should I? I did - Progress thread!

deMort · 4 Jul 2018

From one Mechanic to another :thumb:

Rear bracket thats broken for the gearbox/exhaust .. that doesnt happen so due to the accident i would have thought but like you i cant see anything else :dont know:

krispe · 9 Jul 2018

Love you car threads Mark! Will follow this one as well :thumb: You should become a part time car dealer, buy cheap, do your magic and sell at a good profit. I'd buy one of your cars as I've seen your attention to detail on many threads before!

T8 · 9 Jul 2018

MarkGolf said:
Coloured crest centre caps along with new rear lights arrived.

Caps will go on when I can be arsed to remove the wheels again and fitted the light last night, a nice 2 minute job

Why do you need to take the wheels off to replace the centre caps. :?

MarkGolf · 9 Jul 2018

deMort said:
From one Mechanic to another :thumb:

Rear bracket thats broken for the gearbox/exhaust .. that doesnt happen so due to the accident i would have thought but like you i cant see anything else :dont know:

Cheers, I wish my day job was a mechanic sometimes, nothing I like to do more!

I can only think the car was reversed into a kerb stone with a bollard or something to break the bracket and a rear bumper. Either way, all sorted and can be enjoyed

MarkGolf · 9 Jul 2018

krispe said:
Love you car threads Mark! Will follow this one as well :thumb: You should become a part time car dealer, buy cheap, do your magic and sell at a good profit. I'd buy one of your cars as I've seen your attention to detail on many threads before!

Thanks! Good to keep these as I can always look back at when I did certain jobs, I would love to do that, the only problem is with the selling part :floor:

I am actually selling my SL which has undergone quite a bit of work if you fancy that

I'm hoping to replace it with a 928 project 8)

Thanks for the kind words, just something I love to do, if I could turn it into a job that would be a dream but as I say, I find it hard to let go of them :thumbs:

MarkGolf · 9 Jul 2018

T8 said:
MarkGolf said:

Coloured crest centre caps along with new rear lights arrived.

Caps will go on when I can be arsed to remove the wheels again and fitted the light last night, a nice 2 minute job

Click to expand...

Why do you need to take the wheels off to replace the centre caps. :?

Unless there is a really strong special tool, I tried poking a coat hanger bent to suit and when I pulled, they don't budge, I end up bending the coat hanger straight. So wheels off annoyingly.

T8 · 9 Jul 2018

MarkGolf said:
Unless there is a really strong special tool, I tried poking a coat hanger bent to suit and when I pulled, they don't budge, I end up bending the coat hanger straight. So wheels off annoyingly.

see => http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=73865&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=cap+removal

I use two long thin woodscrews.

MarkGolf · 9 Jul 2018

Not much to update with at the moment.

Some Renovo turned up, the car flagged up an engine management warning, that turned out to be a P0154 code (o2 Sensor no activity detected bank 2 sensor 1) so I checked the wiring to the o2 sensor, all was fine so I've ordered a new one to see if that sorts it out.

Also got some new coil packs and stainless bolts ordered to replace the rusty originals. I was tempted to get the car serviced by a specialist but I'm thinking there isn't much point and I will just do it all myself.

So oil, oil filter, pollen filter, spark plugs, coilpack and belt. The brake fluid probably hasn't been done in a while so I'll do that as well.
:thumb:

coullstar · 9 Jul 2018

T8 said:
MarkGolf said:

Unless there is a really strong special tool, I tried poking a coat hanger bent to suit and when I pulled, they don't budge, I end up bending the coat hanger straight. So wheels off annoyingly.

Click to expand...

see => http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=73865&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=cap+removal

I use two long thin woodscrews.

Thin allen key with some pliers to pull it. :thumb:

Endex · 9 Jul 2018

Great resto back story Mark - results are stunning!

DerbyJim · 9 Jul 2018

Endex said:
Great resto back story Mark - results are stunning!

Agreed, good work fella and looks like you've got yourself a bargain there.

Those Boxsters were always fun to drive and at reasonable speeds for today's roads too.

MarkGolf · 10 Jul 2018

Great tip on the allen key, I'll give that a go tonight!

Thanks guys, do enjoy doing the work and posting it up as a diary.

I took the car for some fuel last night and wanted to check the codes, it seems 2 sensors are triggering them now.

I've got 1 sensor so far so I'll install that and see if that cures one.

A live data capture of them.

Bank 1, sensor 1 is a brand new Porsche sensor which the previous owner had fitted. The rest look original.

I have no idea what these values mean.

deMort · 10 Jul 2018

Pre cat lambda sensors switch between 0.2 - 0.8 volts so up down up down and so on .

Post cats and about 0.45 static .. rev the car .. a blip and the readings will go high , then low than static again.

Thats a working system.

Pre cat reading 0.4 ish is a flat line .. dead sensor basically.

Modern sensors are wide band so a set voltage 1.5 volts ish flat line , far more accurate where as older systems cant accuratley maintain Lambda (correct air / fuel ratio ) and basically give it too much fuel at which point the sensors say whoooh hold on a bit .. then it goes opposite in which case the sensors say common guv .. give us more fuel .. etc etc and up down .. up down .

Sensor 1 and i would assume pre cat , sensor 2 and post cat .

Heater circuit is the fast warm up for the lambdas Ho2S .. it makes them hot fast ! only used on a cold start but can sometimes trigger an eml .. its save the planet stuff .

Rule of thumb .. change both pre cat OR both post cat as a pair .. so both sides .. if not you can get an eml for ageing faluts .. a new sensor switches faster than an old one .. you replace one side and the other side is then deemed to be too slow and brings on an eml .

MarkGolf · 11 Jul 2018

Great advice, and info, cheers for that! I'll get to work sorting that out. Finally bought myself a decent sensor socket, I've always used a spanner and end up getting no where, big bar and proper socket should do the trick here I hope.

Thanks!

Small jobs done last night, new centre caps fitted, the allen key trick worked great!

I bought a new mirror for the casing which was already in Meridian Grey, a simple job to swap. Luckily the new mirror came with a heated glass, the glass which was fitted to this was just a cheap non heated replacement piece.

The old casing clearly knocked another car and had a crack in it along with snapped screw mounts

Not now

Old and new

Coloured centres

The one thing my wife wanted on the car.

phil84afc · 14 Jul 2018

Love reading posts like this, keep up the good work! :thumb:

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