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One thing I’m particularly chuffed about is that the TKX shift lever is exactly where it is supposed to be. I must have welded the spare crossmember in exactly the right location. The funny bit was, I woke up at 0300 suddenly wondering if it was in right place. I hadn’t checked yet. I was already thinking about how I was going to fix if it was off - and I was quite sure it was off. All for nothing. This looks perfect.
Congratulations!
The body shop just dropped mine on the frame the other day.
It’s nice that you fed the crew!
Congrats !!
Over the few years I have owned this car, I have put quite a few chips in the paint. it’s amazing how delicate fiberglass is. Likely quite soon I’ll have to bring her in to the body shop as well for either a full respray and touch ups. I hope this chips can simply be touched up.
Small update. I installed this Ctek trickle charger on the wall. I’m tired of disconnecting the battery every I park the car. I’d much rather have a wire under the seat to connect.
I want one of these.
A vacuum pump.
Testing how well it holds vacuum. It leaks down quite quickly. Then we pumped smoke into it.
Just to be clear about my decision to go with an aftermarket vacuum tank. I spent many hours sanding and patching cracks with epoxy getting absolutely nowhere. I suspect no matter what I do this thing will always leak. Looking through other threads I have found that this small tank probably can handle one cycle of either the wiper door or the headlights when the engine is off, and that is fine. Furthermore, the car is not numbers matching, it’s fuel injected, the engine is a 400 with aluminum heads, so there is very little still original on it. I do want it to look nice, a little retro, but it doesn’t need to look original.
Last edited by DorianC3; Jun 29, 2024 at 05:55 AM.
A little thing. I never trusted the green crusty one that was on there.
Moved the hydraulic clutch reservoir to a more accessible location. Before it was behind the brake booster and tremendously difficult to check and fill.
Looking fairly tidy.
Been waiting a long while to do this.
It fit perfectly. I would have preferred a bit more matte and a more embossed.
PCV reinstalled. Thankfully, I had an NPT hose barb that fit. And yes, you are seeing a repair to the speedo cable. I don’t know if this will work. I rolled over it while pushing the car back into the garage. A stupid mistake. It separated the sheath. I bought some steel tubing and after greasing, reassembled.
Welcome to your new home. A 2008, Porsche Boxster.
I had been looking at getting one of these for a few years now. An opportunity presented itself a couple of weeks ago and I took a train to Hannover and drove it back.
It looks quite clean and was well priced.
So, assessment: The 250-mile drive home as uneventful in a good way.
Once home, the radio stopped working (no longer could be turned on) after I disconnected the battery and put it on a trickle charge. So did the stability management system. Apparently to reset the latter, all you have to do is drive it a few miles. That being said the head unit is obsolete with only a CD player and a radio - no Bluetooth. So I’ll be replacing it anyway.
The bass speakers don’t work. I presume paper cones are torn.
The power lock works… but not the mechanical key. So, if the battery runs flat, I will be locked out unless this is soon fixed.
Other than that, the shifter (manual) seems to have a little too much slop to my taste.
Nice new toy.
It should be a fun drive.
I’ve always like the Boxster.
I’ve been thinking about building a Jeep for a daily driver and off road toy.
I came across a one owner 2000 Jeep Wrangler Sport with a 4.0L, manual transmission, ac for Kristine, and 172.000 miles.
I wasn’t in the market but, the owner and I were talking when he mentioned he was thinking about selling his Jeep, because he hadn’t registered it for a couple of years.
He threw out a price that I couldn’t believe or pass up.
When I went to pick it up he said he thought it had a head gasket leak and knocked even more money off the price.
I ended up having to replace the cracked head, buy a new radiator, water pump and a few other things.
It has no rust, never crashed, no off road use, it was well maintained and I got a steal of a deal.
Nice new toy.
It should be a fun drive.
I’ve always like the Boxster.
I’ve been thinking about building a Jeep for a daily driver and off road toy.
I came across a one owner 2000 Jeep Wrangler Sport with a 4.0L, manual transmission, ac for Kristine, and 172.000 miles.
I wasn’t in the market but, the owner and I were talking when he mentioned he was thinking about selling his Jeep, because he hadn’t registered it for a couple of years.
He threw out a price that I couldn’t believe or pass up.
When I went to pick it up he said he thought it had a head gasket leak and knocked even more money off the price.
I ended up having to replace the cracked head, buy a new radiator, water pump and a few other things.
It has no rust, never crashed, no off road use, it was well maintained and I got a steal of a deal.
it's turning out to be a tremendously fun drive. So far, it seems to be a good buy.
