29Jun2009
930 Turn Singal Switch
After 20 years, sometimes nagging electrical issues start to rear their head. Even though this was a sub 40k mile 930, the turn signals were having problems. In a fairly common failure, when the headlights were on and you used the turn signal, the brights would turn on. This is due to bent armatures in the switch. Now there are two ways to repair this. One, is to go in and to attempt to rebend the arms so the high …
27Jun2009
Saturday Maintenance
Knocked out a few cars today in the 95 degree heat 🙂 Thankfully, between the cooler morning hours and the garage, I stayed fairly cool. Tomorrows project….plumbing an ac vent into the garage….muhahaha. Should be a nice short term fix until I install a separate AC unit for the garage. Forgot the camera, but this morning knocked out an ignition switch on a boxster along with an oil change. Down the road it went….. Then I had an oil change …
19Jun2009
996TT K16g Turbo Upgrade
Have a car in today for a turbo and ecu upgrade. 2002 996TT with 70k+ miles on it. The old turbos are starting to show signs of leakage, so time to upgrade to a little more power. Turbos and programming came from Tony at EPL. First thing to do is to raise up the rear of the car and get it supported on jackstands safely. I always block the front wheels as well, since your drivewheels and parking brake wheels …