Nice job, man. Figuring out how it was engineered was admirable. Thanks so much for sharing.

I wouldn't have been able to do mine without a couple of the points i learnt from you and for that alone i say a big THANK YOU

@fupabox

5 жыл бұрын

glad it helped

This is the only confirmation on the transmission setting I have found!! Thanks so much!!

@fupabox

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

God bless you brother, thank you so much for taking time to make this video! It will certainly help us put our top mechanism back together

@fupabox

5 жыл бұрын

thanks .. glad to help

@joejoe188

4 жыл бұрын

@@fupabox have you by any chance decided or consider writing down or typing a step-by-step how to adjust where the adjustments can be made and where they're located with pictures kind of like a tutorial? Man if you go through all the work and it comes out great I'm sure most people like me would be willing to pay five $10 for it per copy anyway to save us a nightmare, LOL. I am watching your video again because now I have the time to address it. The clamshell when the top is completely closed the right side passenger side the rear facing the trunk sticks up and it doesn't lay flush like it doesn't a driver side when the top is completely up or down any suggestions?

@fupabox

4 жыл бұрын

@@joejoe188 It sounds like the 2 sides aren't in synch . Remove the 4 bolts on the hard clamshell/hard tonneau cover and remove it ...it will make it much easier to adjust .unhook the cable on that side from the drive motor (the one that won't sit flat ) and turn the inner cable by hand until the clamshell hinges align on both sides then hook the cable back to the motor . It may take some fiddling back and forth to get it dead on

Amazing and admirable how you take on the challenge of fixing the top of this Porsche. Especially because you are filming the relevant parts and figuring out how it has been designed. I totally feel your frustration and admire your determination.

@fupabox

6 жыл бұрын

My first semi modern Porsche .. I've had older 1960's and 70's ones before , I'm finding the same fragile plastics issues that modern Benz's also suffer from. Why is it that Japanese and American plastics last forever , and German stuff becomes like a potato chip after 10 years ? that's the real frustration. Beautiful mechanicals with crap plastic. I omitted a few clips of cursing until I found those 2 little matchmarks ..manuals don't mention them..lol

@jameslatimer1432

6 жыл бұрын

razorblatter it's easy if you did it before !

Great job man. 100% works!

You saved the day - one side of gearbox was 180 degrees off - the markers you describe were better than the bently book they only measure distance for a full closed top at 195 where the markers on the gearbox were the ticket 😃 thanks again !

@fupabox

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped ..

Thank you I think I finally can fix my clam shell. I had no idea that there was a adjustment to line up the push rods.

Thanks. Just what I needed to get my head around my disconnected roof . 👍

@fupabox

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Great job man! Parts coming in couple days will attempt same way you did yours.

Compliments on your patience and persistence!

@fupabox

6 жыл бұрын

:)

great vids bro. cheers.

Awesome! Great job on working out the Boxster roof mech Fupabox. Like you say, no info on this anywhere, so thanks for the upload. Probably saved me an expensive trip to a Porsche garage!! Nice one. Stay Safe.

@fupabox

4 жыл бұрын

hope it helps ..I know it was a bunch of convoluted shots over a couple days and not necessarily in order .

amazing...nice work!!

Thanks, been searching every where. Any advice would be welcome, replacing the top and converting back to automatic this winter. Converted to manual during the summer. Could put top down and not back up. Intermittent prob

@fupabox

5 жыл бұрын

Check a few things ... the ebrake switch (does the dash light come on with the ebarake engaged ?) if not the top wont raise or lower . Check fuses for corrosion . Check microswitch on top of windshield frame header latch that sends signal to the computer to allow roof to open and close. Check your window auto drop on opening and closing the door with roof up . To be sure , reset the up and down limits for the windows. The car needs to know where full up and down positions are to know when the window is up or down. To reset , start car and press one window switch at a time. Raise window and continue holding button another 10 seconds once all the way up .. same for down..hold additional 10 seconds once down all the way . Do both windows .The roof is a pretty simple analog system . It relies on switches to tell each action to start or end . on or off..yes or no in sequence . If any of them isn't co-operating then the next action won't take place . Is parking brake on ..yes..is roof unlatched at top ...yes...button pressed..yes..windows not up...yes..roof lowers.. any no in that sequence and the roof won't move . All of this is assuming the rear motor isn't slipping , but the roof will go down so I'm doubting that is the problem. My bet is the windshield header switch.

I had no idea how to align the gears once the cable had become detached. Thanks so much

@fupabox

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t either . Lol . A convoluted video which I apologize for , but hopefully the important bits got through .

my boxter has hissing sound while driving. recently water pump replaced. it made air coolant leakage. is it related ? how do I fix the issue?

Thank you for sharing. Today I had a malfunction on my roof. The plastic push rod end broke on the right side. I disconnected everything from the two boomerang levers and when I push the up/down button only the right boomerang moves. Should both of them be moving? Is the left side boomerang lever supposed to move freely because it is not moving at all. It seems frozen.

@fupabox

4 жыл бұрын

they should both move at the same time . the drive cable for the side that isn't moving is likely broken or detached from the central drive motor . or is binding on that side under the big round drive sprocket

@shaneclanton1859

4 жыл бұрын

fupabox thank you. Yes the cable was shredded on the inside.

was it noisy before you did the job? I don't understand where the noise I hear with the top open or closed comes from thanks

tnx for sharing bro

You make me miss my 986. I've got a 987 and it's just different enough to make me wonder. I've been struggling with my top and I think your method of loosening that adjustment arm is one trick I like. But I suspect I'm missing something else. The gear boxes are designed a bit different so it's not clear how to align them. The manual for the 987 shows a picture of the 986 style gearbox with the markings you have. Mine doesn't have that. I guess I'll just have to fiddle with it some more.

Thankyou for the video,, May i ask was the roof in the service position or closed, for the alignment on the transmission. I was assuming the lines on the transmission where lined up and everything put back together with roof closed. Thank you.

@fupabox

2 жыл бұрын

Damn ..If I recall correctly it was in closed position

@redauwg911

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the reply. I had mine in the service position, And the marks are a little past the line. So yes yours lining up with the roof closed makes sense, Once again thank you for the excellent video and reply.

You are a better man than I lol I have a 98 Boxster also. Where do the rods connect underneath the top? Cannot find the ball or whatever is there, where r u located? Thnx

I replaced my soft top, and now it is short by half an inch from the latch. Should I do the same thing that you did? Any advice from you, thank you in advance.

@fupabox

4 жыл бұрын

when you replace the top it will be naturally tighter, takes a while to stretch . you may need to use some extra force to pull it closed the first few times

@eddumandan2247

4 жыл бұрын

Ok thank you so much 👍

Great video, thank you! How did you get the back push rods attached to the boomerang (holes closet to trunk)? I'm talking about these push rods (www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/SuperCat/1051/POR_1051_BDYCON_pg2.htm). For context, I noticed my clamshell wasn't closing all the way on the passenger side when I put the top down. I started digging around and noticed that the passenger side push rod was completely detached. I think that's the problem.

@fupabox

3 жыл бұрын

They just snap onto the chrome ball swivel . The black plastic ends on the push rod are replaceable and can be too loose to stay snapped on

@williamlowery7282

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you! I was just able to reattach it but I’m still having the issue with the clamshell not closing all the way... Do you know if it’s necessary to grease all the moving parts on the convertible top?

@pauljordan1956

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamlowery7282 I have got the exact same problem with my 987. Did you find a solution?

@williamlowery879

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauljordan1956 I reattached the pushrod on the passenger side. It does snap on but I found that I had to take a small mallet to it to make sure it clicked on completely. Then I greased up the tracks. After using the top for about a week I noticed it sat back down properly on the passenger side.

Hello.Im about to do this repair and one of the front arms with the plastic ball on is totally crushed into the body.Has anyone every seen anything like this.The location were the arm fixes on looks a little out of line too.Hopefully 2 new arms sort this.

Swamped by so many adverts whilst watching this I had to give up.

What about the other end of the cables And your camera is never in the right spot

@fupabox

4 жыл бұрын

yeah I agree , the filming was poor at best . The side arm ends of the drive cables were never detached ..only from the motor . Pull the clip on the cable at the motor and pull straight out .