Same plan for my 986 Boxster and keep it mint for another 20yrs! Great vid, Lee.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Chris.

Love these vids man! I just got myself a 996 Turbo

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, Patrick. Cracking car!

@sidewayssam

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations, I got one last month and sold my 996 Carrera, turbo is a weapon, is yours rock hard on the suspension? as mine will rattle your teeth out...

@patrickkidd6627

3 жыл бұрын

@@sidewayssam haha sounds rad! I bought mine without looking at it and it's still at the Porsche dealership in Melbourne so not sure about the ride yet!

@DougieFresh13

10 ай бұрын

How'd it go?

I always look forward to your Li'l Irish vids.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Illustrates two things to me... 1. Build a relationship with your workshop. This happens over time and with good experiences. It also comes from understanding that, with these older cars, things don't always go according to plan and aren't always solved first go. 2. With that relationship in place, you can then have honest dialogue about those preventative maintenance issues. Can something wait? Should it be tackled immediately? My philosophy on preventative maintenance is that, if a problem (or future problem) is identified, address it sooner rather than later - particularly if you drive your car often. Great vid Lee!

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

You're bang on, Andy. In this instance Wrightune went through my car last autumn as I asked what needs doing in the next year, so we came up with a plan of what's urgent, what can wait, and what can be done at the same time etc. It's helped with some financial planning, even if things snowballed slightly! Thanks as always for the kind words, I really appreciate it coming from someone who makes great vids themselves.

Brilliant as usual mate 👌🏻👍🏻

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Saw the car at Bicester Scramble yesterday, looked good.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

Nice one! I’d prefer to do preventative maintenance, when I can, as well.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

The best way.

My 996 just passed 150K (miles) and we’ve recently done a top end rebuild. I would recommend that everyone keep an eye on the hydraulic valve adjusters. This is a non serviceable part but I had one fail and it was a lot of time and effort to get back on the road. Btw after checking the price of the parts from Porsche I checked to see if they were made out of solid gold. They weren’t.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Ahaha! Love that, good old Porsche tax. Great advice on the hydraulic valve adjusters.

Thumbs up for Heritage and Wrightune from me

Good video content.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin.

love this! It takes SO much time to just figure out all the “while I’m in there”-jobs and the bills just run up. I need to do a rear main seal job due to a small weeping leak. SO we’re looking at IMS bearing, clutch and flywheel (this comes with its own WIIT-jobs like clutch fork, ball pin and seals), rear case bolts, transmission mount, oil change (almost due anyway) and the list goes on.....all because I need to change a €18,- RMS.....😄

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha! You're bang on, Klaus. It might be an €18 Euro job which escalates, but rather that than a €3k job which escalates - as they all do!

@FlatCapDriver

3 жыл бұрын

I bought my 1997 996 with a weeping main seal (it wasn’t used very often by the previous owner). I’ve been lucky, since I’ve been using it as my daily driver it’s stopped leaking 🤓👍🏼

@khestehave

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlatCapDriver lucky bastard 🥳

@FlatCapDriver

3 жыл бұрын

@@khestehave 😝

Reminds me so much of when I bought a 132k mile 996. In 2 years it had new poly bushes all round, clutch/IMS upgrade, a gearbox whine sorted, rotten a/c condensers (which I never replaced), & a number of smaller items. Still bought a smile to my face every time I hit 4k on the tacho though........ ps do all your vids run for 9:11?

Awesome

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Btw I know two 996 gen 1’s that have repaired the coolant tank with a bit of epoxy. I’m sure the repaired area is the strongest part of the tank now.

Oy I just had to do my whole coolant system. 99’ car with 160k miles. It was the most cost effective to do it all at once.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

Would it be possible for you to write the part number or share a link for the expansion tank please? My 98 C2 also needs one and I wouldn't like to pay that incredible price for the "original" one. As always, great content Lee, keep it up!

It took me a few videos of Brits saying "hach" to realize they were saying "H". We still love you over here in the US! Lol One thing about Porsches is that all the mechanical bits on a regular sized car are all squeezed into a much smaller space so working on them is much harder. Can anti-seize be used instead of grease, silicone grease? Did one of the bleeders fail or a connector on a line?

This is so so relevant to me as My 996.1 is in the garage now as it had a coolant leak in the front of the car so limped her to my indie with my water bottle in the passenger seat. Left her with garage hoping it was just a hose but No it was the dreaded corrosion so both front rads need replacing then I get your same call we have a oil leak under your gear box. Galvanic corrosion between the Ali box and the SS hose so now I need new pipes But the corrosion is so bad removing the old oil pipes splits the gear box casing so now I need a new gear box !!!!! You hear endlessly about IMS worries the real issue for a 20 plus year old car is corrosion corrosion corrosion. This is going to be expensive but like you said prevention now will save money later so fitting a new oil separator and IMS seal while engine is out. Just remember most cars built in 1999 have been crushed into cubes by now so lucky we can still enjoy these amazing analog machines. Shame about the size of the bill though 😐

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely spot on here Mike, word for word.

@mikekcarey

3 жыл бұрын

@@9WERKSTV I will let you know how I get on no doubt more issues will be found but engine out seems ok my engine mounts survived at least . Indie mention my gravel drive may be a issue for 911s they hold moisture which over time accelerates corrosion

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikekcarey Not heard that one before, but suppose there's some method to it…

Fyi the 996.2 coolant tank fits the 996.1 just fine. Note that it is a massive pain to fit though 🤣

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know, wish I'd have gone for the cheaper one!

Have you looked into the cylinders with a camera to see .if cylinder walls are scored. before going more forward? Do you want to install The IMS Solution IMS bearing that uses engine oil to lubricate the bearing?

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

My car already has an uprated IMS, and there's no telltale signs evident including smoking on start-up which indicates excessive bore scoring.

Lol one great beard and mullet on service chap 😂

Lee please don't leave us on a cliff hanger 😱🍳🦆

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Oh the suspense!

Just curious maybe someone else can answer. How come engine mounts failed from lowering the engine? Shouldn't the engine mounts be unbolted before lowering the engine? Also, what corrosion would there be preventing a brake fluid flush? Calipers are aluminum so they don't rust

@pjay3028

3 жыл бұрын

I expect that the nuts and bolts on the engine mounts were rusted and took a lot of "persuasion" to take off. This led to damage to the old and weak engine mounts themselves because the bolt runs right through the middle of the mount. Flushing the brake fluid prevents water suspended in the brake fluid from corroding the brake lines from the inside.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

From Chris at Wrightune: Engine mounts: The nut was seized on the stud. Undoing this tore the rubber part of the mount which was old and badly perished causing them to leak. The Calipers: aluminium does corrode. Also steel and aluminium react with each other. The bleed nipples/valves are steel. Often these are corroded into the caliper. When you undo them they can tear all the thread out and the seat on which the valve seals. You can run into the same problem when removing the brake pipes which screw into the caliper. I hope that helps!

@dominik1701p

3 жыл бұрын

@@9WERKSTV thanks for going out of your way to get the response! Crazy how much knowledge an actual mechanics has over someone like me who considers themselves fairly mechanically inclined.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@dominik1701p My pleasure!

I fitted a gen 2 water tank to my gen 1

@palatinaworks7251

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Does this require any modifications? Thanks in advance for your answer

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@palatinaworks7251 Yes interested to know the outcome of this…

@richardanderson7211

3 жыл бұрын

@@palatinaworks7251 No none at all

British weather should be illegal lol…

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

Ta

You should have fitted semi solid engine mounts from rennline, miles better

@eddthirty4065

3 жыл бұрын

not if you wasn't expecting to change them - I swapped mine for 993RS semi solids, worked a treat

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Yes as Edd said, mine had failed while on a ramp, I couldn't wait on parts from the States etc.

@danknox9986

3 жыл бұрын

I’m not really a fan of those.

@eddthirty4065

3 жыл бұрын

@@danknox9986 care to elaborate?

@N911GT2

3 жыл бұрын

The are hard as a rock and they make your car louder, vibrate more and overall much harsher to drive. So no, they are not miles better. Maybe if you track your car, otherwise they are just rubbish.

Are you removing two cylinders? Your video is 9:12 not 9:11.. hahaa..

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

The vid exported as 9:11 then uploaded as 9:12, not sure what happened there!

I disagree on the grease, you shouldn't grease where it isn't specified, at least not without someone adjusting all the torque specs which needs some math. There's no reason to anyway, so long as that bolt and nut are only threaded on once there is a factory anti corrosion that works well.

@N911GT2

3 жыл бұрын

I came looking for this answer. Don't ever grease your bolts. Grease is made to let things like better, the last thing you want in a bolt is it gliding better, on or off.

You should consider doing a video with FriendsGreenPorsche.

@9WERKSTV

3 жыл бұрын

They are a dealer, I prefer to remain independent.