Bradders59

I glued the piece of broken plastic back in place using a glue gun almost a year ago (inspired by the video above) and its been working perfectly since then.

Cost me a couple of hours of my time and about 5p worth of  glue

And then mow the lawn before it gets dark. 

I wonder if a spacer would also be needed on a 987 ?

I advised similar but hes a bit old fashioned and wants to carry a spare if reasonably possible.

To put the question another way - is it any (or much ) less possible than having a spare in the 986 ?

Its fine in the 986 until you need to find somewhere to put the wheel with the puncture. 

My brother in law would like to carry a 986 type spare wheel in the front of his 987 and has asked my advice on the subject.

As I havent a clue I thought I would ask here.

I suppose the two questions are - will it fit onto the axles ok, which I would guess the answer is yes ?

And secondly will it physically fit in the frunk ? I have no idea about that one.

I have told him that he probably wont be able to fit the full size wheel he takes off anywhere in  the car, unless he wraps it in a blanket or similar and if there is a passenger they will have to make their own way home, so it can take their place, so he is aware of this at least. 

Any info gratefully received.

Done a little bit of research and I think its a tilt sensor ?

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At 20.30 in the video, there is another smaller module visible under the seat. Im curious as to what it is, because mine has a wring plug there  but no module.

Presumably its not something vital ? 

Removed the headlights to do a bit of restoration on the lenses and fit new dip and sidelight bulbs.

On refitting I had the same issue with both. Cant get the wiring plugs to connect properly.

Currently have only a sidelight on one side and only main beam on the other.

Both connectors have quite a bit of movement in the holders, and I can see that some of the plastic has broken off on the connectors where they sit in the holder..

Im guessing I will have to remove front wheels and arch liners and push the connectors in from the rear ?

Are you certain the IMS and RMS were done, or did the dealer just provide a piece of paper to say they had ?

I think I would get an engineers report on the car and depending what it throws up, decide to go for a full refund.

Something really wrong there in my opinion.

Im currently trying to decide whether to sell mine in the next couple of months, as it is. Or, tidy it up cosmetically over the summer and then sell it next spring.

I cant afford to run three cars, and the Boxster is a luxury / toy / project, so it will be the one that has to go unfortunately. 

Would you really want Tiffany Dell or Jason Plato ragging your car to the redline and smoking the tyres sideways in the bends for a TV programme ?

£180  according to Meerkats today. The only advantage of being old I suppose. 

Brother in law has a lovely 987 purchased from a member here. He called me yesterday and asked if he bought a spare wheel from a 986, would it fit in the frunk, and would it fit the hubs of his car.

I had no idea, but Im sure someone here has investigated the possibility at some point ?

My 986 has the usual problem of locking not working, more than likely due to water ingress under the passenger seat.

I would be very interested in trying an aftermarket remote locking as a possible cheap solution to the problem.

Not sure if it would need the original ECU to be working properly though, so it can piggy back from it ?

Says " for parts or not working", so I would hazard a guess indicators not working.

I would have a punt at £20 and try a repair, but £50 is ridiculous for a broken one. 

3 hours ago, markjh said:

If it's just play then it's not quite the same problem that Jeff was fixing in the video, that was for the indicators not cancelling, which is the issue I had, caused by two plastic lugs breaking off. Lots of play could be a precursor to complete failure, but even if it's something else the video will help you with stripping and rebuilding.

A couple of things from my experience doing this:

1. Clean, clear work area and take plenty of time, nothing difficult but it is quite fiddly and there is lots of opportunity to drop something that is small and important...

2. Jeff uses epoxy adhesive, after failing with super glue, to refit the broken lugs. I ended up using 'J-B Weld PlasticBonder' which gave a much better result than my first try with epoxy. 

3. If you do replace you'll find they are expensive new and used 986/996 units are getting harder to come by so are correspondingly pricey, I was told that the 944 indicator stalks are the same - but you'll need to check this yourself as ended up being happy with the repair so didn't investigate further.

 

I would echo that, other than I used a glue stick from a hot glue gun as adhesive. The switch unit feels solid to use and has been working perfectly well for the last year.

I suppose the glue could give up the ghost at some point, but time will tell.

Its certainly a perfectly feasible fix, with the only thing up for debate is which adhesive will work best.

I wouldnt rule out a faulty coolant temperature sensor.

If it isnt telling the engine ECU that the engine has warmed up, the injectors will keep pumping far too much fuel into the cylinders, which would have a similar effect to a duff MAF giving the wrong info on the amount of air going into the cylinders.

Definitely needs diagnostics though.

Might be worth looking on the forum map to see if anyone near you has Porsche diagnostics. 

Im thinking of selling mine, once I put it through MOT next month.

Bought it for a bit of fun, which it has given plenty of, but running three cars and not putting many miles on two of them is getting a bit hard to justify.

Will decide for definite soon, but I think if I was offered over £3000 for it once MOT,d I would take it.

Its cosmetically scruffy, but mechanically pretty good. 

Excellent, thanks. 

Im not bothered about trying to get remote locking. Would just like to have the central locking working, so the passenger door can be locked when I lock the drivers door. 

Do you know how much JMG charge for repairing ECU due to water ingress please ?

I have the same problem courtesy of previous owner.

Your right. I hadnt noticed to be honest.

Porsche Boxster 2004-2012 Cabriolet Front Gas Strut (sgs-engineering.com)

Ive taxed worse. 

The man is a hero !

Im 64 and I struggle to motivate myself to do much, especially when the weather turns cold.

I had similar a couple of months ago. Took the doorcard off and sprayed contact cleaner around everything electrical inside the door and its been fine since.

May be worth a try before playing parts darts ?