What did you do to/with your 996 today?
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32wildbilly
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Changed the oil. Put a crush washer on this time...I think.
Never gonna make you cry...
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Replaced the pass-side window regulator and swapped out the fire-spewing subwoofer with a less flamey one.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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02TX996Cab
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Finished removing all of the dust, grime and bugs collected during 6 days and 2000 miles to/from/in West Texas with a few other Porschephiles 
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Did get it started on Saturday only to find the needle below the light on the gas gauge. Did make it to the pump and it was indeed a thirsty little bugger. Then I took it out for a not nearly long enough romp.gnat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:32 pm Attempted a post winterization start. I did not succeed
Things better than the last time I let the battery go flat:
1) I could get the alarm to shut up.
2) I could open the frunk (using the cable).
3) The jumper battery attempted to get it to start after having the jumpers to the BMW for 10 minutes to get enough power for the dash to at least light up.
Will have to try again later (probably tomorrow).
I always forget how fun and effortless this car can be when I haven't driven it in a little while.
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32wildbilly
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
You have got to get it somewhere to put a battery maintainer on it!
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Did get it started on Saturday only to find the needle below the light on the gas gauge. Did make it to the pump and it was indeed a thirsty little bugger. Then I took it out for a not nearly long enough romp.
I always forget how fun and effortless this car can be when I haven't driven it in a little while.
Never gonna make you cry...
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Kinda hard for a street parked car...32wildbilly wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:21 am You have got to get it somewhere to put a battery maintainer on it!gnat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:15 am
Did get it started on Saturday only to find the needle below the light on the gas gauge. Did make it to the pump and it was indeed a thirsty little bugger. Then I took it out for a not nearly long enough romp.
I always forget how fun and effortless this car can be when I haven't driven it in a little while.
Building a solar powered maintainer that covers the rear area under the rear window has been on my list of things to do for a long time. I just haven't gotten around to learning all the appropriate electrical bits like figuring out how much power I actually need to generate (e.g. how big of a panel I need) and having it not set the car on fire when it get started without disconnecting the charger.
Now that the frunk release is accessible I think I might just get a trickle charger and bring the battery in the house when it doesn't get driven for over a week...
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
I've been thinking about a DIY tickle charger. Sounds fun.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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FRUNKenstein
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
But don't they already make those? For like $20?
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Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red
2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red
2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Yeah, those trickle chargers are everywhere...but that's not what I want to make.
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Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Remember who you are talking to. He doesn't get funny.