What did you do to/with your 996 today?

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by B3DAWG » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:09 pm

KoB wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:40 pm New CSF radiators have been installed. My 996 is once again liquid-cooled. The car is now in the burp-valve, garage-reeks-of-coolant stage of cooling-system repair. As far as I’m concerned, it smells like victory.

I celebrated by changing the oil and doing a bunch of Little Bullshit Stuff. Like replacing the Crappy Old Double-Sided Tape under my passenger-side stainless steel sill trim. It is now held securely in place with Crappy New Double-Sided Tape.
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:15 pm

KoB wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:40 pm New CSF radiators have been installed. My 996 is once again liquid-cooled. The car is now in the burp-valve, garage-reeks-of-coolant stage of cooling-system repair. As far as I’m concerned, it smells like victory.

I celebrated by changing the oil and doing a bunch of Little Bullshit Stuff. Like replacing the Crappy Old Double-Sided Tape under my passenger-side stainless steel sill trim. It is now held securely in place with Crappy New Double-Sided Tape.
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1987 928S4, Guards Red
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by sitedrifter » Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:47 am

well, I just went full retard

CTEK maintainer was plugged in, hood (frunk, :o) unlocked
casually unplugged the CTEK without ever checking the status
and closed the frunk

remember, I'm a cool guy and my 996 is the best one ever built
Its a reliable German sports car, alway garaged, always clean, I have a
horde of extra parts in waiting..just in case

My Bosch (OEM supplier) battery was dead, dead enough that the interior lights
(LED replacements from ECS,...remember, I'm a cool guy) didn't even activate
followed by that sinking feeling that this going to require bit of thought

really cool guy that I am, I get my jump pack from the truck
Because I'm constantly saving stranded drivers with tho 'offer of a jump'
..pretending that I know things about cars (hey, I own a Porsche !!)
so I attack the fuse panel and instantly the frunk (MY 2004 has the cool
electronic version, not those prehistoric cable versions you luddites)
is accessible again

so in just a matter of minutes, the best 996 anywhere should be road worthy (yea, the IMSB is done)
my journey today is largely humanitarian, go watch part of an MLB game with my
nearly wholly independent 94 yo stepfather (yes, he's ridden the Porsche)
bu secretly, this is far more ego driven as this this only the 2nd or 3rd time I've been physically
able to enter / exit the most best 996 ever manufactured this calendar year

so that's twice in 4 years of ownership that I've been locked out, despite
having a maintainer semi-permanently installed and a power cord within 4'
of the Turbo bumper

KC / b3.... cue the Bruce Willis video from Friends
.....that's a stupid way to die !

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:53 pm

Se insistes.


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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by B3DAWG » Sat Jul 21, 2018 7:53 pm

sitedrifter wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:47 am
really cool guy that I am, I get my jump pack from the truck
Because I'm constantly saving stranded drivers with tho 'offer of a jump'
..pretending that I know things about cars (hey, I own a Porsche !!)
so I attack the fuse panel and instantly the frunk (MY 2004 has the cool
electronic version, not those prehistoric cable versions you luddites)
is accessible again


Congrats my friend. You probably represent less than the 1% of 996 owners that got the fuse jump technique to actually work the way it was intended! :D

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by sitedrifter » Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:44 am

b3freak wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 7:53 pm
sitedrifter wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:47 am
really cool guy that I am, I get my jump pack from the truck
Because I'm constantly saving stranded drivers with tho 'offer of a jump'
..pretending that I know things about cars (hey, I own a Porsche !!)
so I attack the fuse panel and instantly the frunk (MY 2004 has the cool
electronic version, not those prehistoric cable versions you luddites)
is accessible again


Congrats my friend. You probably represent less than the 1% of 996 owners that got the fuse jump technique to actually work the way it was intended! :D
not so fast my southern friend, after 4+ hours of charge, I called it..
DOA as I was only getting 11.04 volts from my Commercial Electric (TM) multi meter
so my 36 month battery purchased 5/06/15, survived 3 years 3 months. rip

got a new AGM battery from Manny, Moe and Jack and I'll slog thru that in awhile
.....that's a stupid way to die !

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by KoB » Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:50 pm

sitedrifter wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:44 am
b3freak wrote: Sat Jul 21, 2018 7:53 pm


Congrats my friend. You probably represent less than the 1% of 996 owners that got the fuse jump technique to actually work the way it was intended! :D
not so fast my southern friend, after 4+ hours of charge, I called it..
DOA as I was only getting 11.04 volts from my Commercial Electric (TM) multi meter
so my 36 month battery purchased 5/06/15, survived 3 years 3 months. rip

got a new AGM battery from Manny, Moe and Jack and I'll slog thru that in awhile
I second b3’s kudos ... regardless of the outcome, getting the fuse jump thing to work is a notable accomplishment. Please take a shot at cold fusion next, as that ought to be child’s play compared to 996 electrics :D

I went through a similar exercise recently ... fortunately, I am not as cool as you and much of my 996.1 is cable-operated. The battery looked OK on my Cheap-ass Amazon Lightning Deal (TM) multi-meter, but rolled snake eyes on my Equally Cheap-Ass Amazon Lightning Deal Battery Load Tester.

My new AGM battery is a Duracell from the Club of Sam. The old battery was in the car when I bought it five years ago, so I guess it didn’t owe me anything.
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by gnat » Sun Jul 22, 2018 2:38 pm

What's difficult about the fuse jump? Done it probably 20-30 times over its life. Never any issues...

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by B3DAWG » Sun Jul 22, 2018 4:27 pm

gnat wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 2:38 pm Done it probably 20-30 times over its life. Never any issues...
20-30 times? hahaha... does anyone else see the problem here. :lol: Gnat, you crack me up man!

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by B3DAWG » Sun Jul 22, 2018 4:30 pm

KoB wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:50 pm
sitedrifter wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:44 am

not so fast my southern friend, after 4+ hours of charge, I called it..
DOA as I was only getting 11.04 volts from my Commercial Electric (TM) multi meter
so my 36 month battery purchased 5/06/15, survived 3 years 3 months. rip

got a new AGM battery from Manny, Moe and Jack and I'll slog thru that in awhile
I second b3’s kudos ... regardless of the outcome, getting the fuse jump thing to work is a notable accomplishment. Please take a shot at cold fusion next, as that ought to be child’s play compared to 996 electrics :D

I went through a similar exercise recently ... fortunately, I am not as cool as you and much of my 996.1 is cable-operated. The battery looked OK on my Cheap-ass Amazon Lightning Deal (TM) multi-meter, but rolled snake eyes on my Equally Cheap-Ass Amazon Lightning Deal Battery Load Tester.

My new AGM battery is a Duracell from the Club of Sam. The old battery was in the car when I bought it five years ago, so I guess it didn’t owe me anything.
Oh my goodness... I'm rollin' here! hahaha "Club of Sam"? ha! Never a dull moment in the Outpost!!!!! :lol:

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