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On 4/16/2024 at 10:18 PM, Fat Rat said:

Nice bush fix, hope it holds. I thought the rivet held a stop or something. Guess the rivet is the stop. 🤪🤙🏻

So far so good mate. One thing i have just noticed though only from looking at the pics of the 2 regulators side by side is that the replacement has a curve in the right hand black metal upright. The old one looks dead straight... i mean its working fine so not complaining but wondering if they are all like that?

1 hour ago, Fat Rat said:

Can you not drill the rivet out of the one you remove and rivet onto the newly acquired part. If no rivets or rivet gun, a small bolt with a nyloc nut?

I got it sorted in a rough and ready kind of way. A screw! 🤪

Here's some pics of the work...

Then disconnected the negative terminal on the battery before disconnecting and removing the airbag.

Once I unbolted the motor and moved it down I noticed where the old one failed.

It was rusty and perished!

Stopper is now an old screw.

Sp looks like the replacement didn't come with the little bolt stopper thing... any ideas what I can fudge in the mean time? 

6 minutes ago, Jimmymack said:

I could be interested in an exhaust for a 2004 3.2 (the only issue is its an anniversary so has different tips)

I 'think' the tips can be transfered...

52 minutes ago, ½cwt said:

Maybe too late but he'll usually merge the postage costs if you haven't already asked.

£6 refunded. Good shout mate. 👌

1 hour ago, Bike Loon said:

How do you know its OEM though? The previous owner might have changed it for a cheap pattern one

The seller is an established breaker for many years so I'm not really too concerned about that. Could always raise a dispute if needed.

35 minutes ago, ½cwt said:

Maybe too late but he'll usually merge the postage costs if you haven't already asked.

Just dropped him a message now. Will see what comes back. 👍

Just ordered the following and decided to go used oem route and take a punt.

Got my door lock module for the same side too so will get it all done at the same time.

Just ordered the following part.

Fingers crossed should do the trick. As my window regulator has gone as well I thought I may as well get this done at the same time from the same seller.

4 minutes ago, robert997 said:

Just wanted to thank you all for your help with this. My Amazon rivet gun arrived yesterday (!) so this afternoon I was able to undo the door, remove the regulator, rivet the limit stop and refit it all. And it’s working perfectly for the first time since I bought the car!!

That butyl tape is great - i found the part number and discovered the ‘genuine Porsche’ version on eBay for £42 which looks identical to the amazon one.  The regulator from the OPC was £168.30 plus vat, or just under £202 with 10% discount - they wouldn’t stretch to 15% as my ‘Porsche Classic’ membership has yet to come through !

With such great advice you’ve saved me a fortune and I’ve learnt a great deal. I’ve also fixed my wobbly headlamp with a new tray, which was literally a 5 minute job, so have been able to address two inherent faults from purchase last year. 

 

Excellent news and nice work! £202 from opc is decent... 👌

Happy to see you are now sorted too! I thunk I'm going to get the microswitch fixed at the same time. 

So will need to buy that too. 

https://www.eurospares.co.uk/Parts/99654207505/Porsche?pi=121622

That's where you got yours from right. 

4 minutes ago, ATM said:

I got mine from euro car parts website. They have several and show the brands.

Aye I had a look there and the original part number item has been replaced with a newer item. 

Passenger side window regulator  new part number is 99654207505

Old part number it replaces is 99654207504.

6 minutes ago, Bike Loon said:

It’s not a tricky job, I am not great with spanner’s and I have done it 4 times now.

watch a few “how to” videos and make sure you mark the positioning of the window in the fitment with tape or a marker before removal 

I've had it open in the past to adjust the height as it never sat flush with the top and was letting in water. Having read about that rivet I'm now wondering if that's why... got the same issue on drivers side too. Never sit quite high enough. 

In addition to that I need to buy door switches too as both them need replacing aswell. 

2 minutes ago, ATM said:

The motor is very powerful. I found out first hand tinkering with the door latch. I nudged the lock and it triggered the window to close on lock. I couldn't get my hand out easily because the space I was assuming shrunk. So knowing the torque of the motor I'd assume the regulator is falling apart and the motor will continue grinding it into oblivion. There is less to break in a motor. The regulator is open to the elements, water and any crud which finds its way past the window seals.

 

Ochie... good job it didn't hit one of those veins. 

Wonder how long porsche would take to get the part. Just rang them and left a message for them to ring me back as they close at 12:30pm on a sat. 

12 minutes ago, Bike Loon said:

That’s the regulator going noise.

That is reassuring! Thank you and will deffo go OEM. 👌

Plan today was to DA polisher the car so went to get it washed and once I'd finished I went to put the windows down and hearda clunk and the passenger side window got stuck. The regulator continued to go down with grinding sound. Not good. 

Managed to force the window up and then pushed up the regulator to hold it in place. It made a grinding sound as it went up so is it the motor or regulator? 

Will need to get that replaced now after I inspect it later. 

Great thread. Went to wash my car today and the window got stuck halfway down whilst the regulator continued to the bottom. Lol.

Heard a grinding as it was happening.  What's the chances that the window has just come loose and just needs to be reseated into the regulator? (Wishful thinking)

Next question has already been answered. Get genuine porsche regulator will be bought. So the design 911 OE match with 2 years warranty is a no no? 

Also when yours went, did you have a churning sound? Hoping it's not the motor that's gone as opposed to the regulator. 

There's a chap on Torque Boxsters group on facebook @TROOPER88's page and he i think is in the trade and has a number of exhausts being shipped over from the US so thought some here might be interested. 

"Aaron Rathore  · 

33 minutes ago, Bbooxxsstteerr said:

Regularly in Yorkshire - lived in Leeds for 15 years.

 

Thank you!

I'm Bradford based but will be moving to Leeds in June mate so your more than welcome next time you're down. 👌

On 3/31/2024 at 8:34 PM, Bbooxxsstteerr said:

Steady…

 

Im a million miles from anywhere in Northumberland. Mind you the roads round here are very good. We have the go to roads for the NE Lotus club and their full range of Elise/Exige - when they work. 

If you ever come down to Yorkshire give me a shout and you can see what a 997/987 shifter feels like in my 986 S. 👍

also having just watched that whole vid... as a 986 S owner with a 987 shifter swap im still jealous of his gearbox throws! 

Funnily enough my mate sent me that the other night and i found the chaps channel on youtube. 

This might be of interest for ya.

DasCayman - YouTube
 

7 minutes ago, kdh said:

I bought the box a couple of months ago from a parts supplier on Ebay for 250 who said it was in Good Condition.

I would guess that if it's split then its probably not in Good Condition. Do I have any comeback do you think? Exhaust is still on my car and it's a faff to have it taken off and shipped back, but it's a bit cheeky.

I've contacted them and awaiting reply.

Breakers sometimes dont see a car running and base the condition on visual inspection. Not sure how much comeback you will get but because its ebay you might have something to go on. 

With regards to these back boxes and the way they are constructed they can rust from the inside outward as well as it has a number of skins so its hard to weld. 

3 minutes ago, Lonewolfgjp said:

You do definitely have to think about dirty hands on the wheel, I use these cheap disposable covers when I’m washing the car or working on it.

This was Sunday when I was fitting the Alcantara lower dash.

You can keep your wheel looking fresh by giving it a regular brush with a soft leather brush or even a soft toothbrush.

It isn’t too difficult to look after with a bit of common sense and 100% worth the effort as it feels great to drive with and looks great 👍 

I’m just changing the wheel as I fancy a change as I had the same wheel in my last one, so in total I’ve had the same wheel for 5 years plus 😂.

Im planning on fitting this one once the adapter arrives from China.

This one looks black in the picture but it’s actually grey Alcantara but it’s damp after a intense clean as it’s a used wheel and was quite grotty😩

They both look great and love the new one as well!  

I will keep an eye out on ebay for a spare 3 spoke as Royal dont have any spares and my car is a daily so cant afford for it not to be off the road. 

Good tips with regards to the maintenance and i will no doubt pick your brains at some point when i get round to getting the same done myself!  

It's still on the to do list... along with EVERYTHING else! 

On 2/29/2024 at 12:00 PM, mike597 said:

I've got some spare front pagid discs, sealed boxes which I can do a very competitive price on. 😀

is that the set we got at the same time which i have in the garage that i forgot about till now!