I don't know what it is but when I work on my 986 I have more confidence that yes I can do that! On other cars I think hell no I can't do that. I think it's because you have soo many angles to get the job done. Love it!!

Thank you, sir!

Thank you, sir! Always nice to hear a bit of encouragement from the more experienced!

Thank you! You are doing it right! Drive it like a Porsche, upgrade it when it breaks! :)

Welcome! (And thank you!) They take a bit of work, so I love when people get good use out of them!

Thanks as always, William!

Thanks! I'm always glad to hear people find these vids useful!

Thanks, Ben!

Thanks!

Thanks, Anthony! I've bled my brakes, but haven't yet replaced the pads / routers... I'll probably need to in the not too distant future.

Thanks, mate! Sadly, no garage. Fortunately, there's a driveway and place to park, so hopefully I can put up a car port up or the like. Cheers!

Thank you! Love the VW hack! What a great way to save money!

Haha! Thanks! Yeah, still a good bit of life left in me! But with everything going on, well, dropped off a bit! Anyway, nice work fixing the alarm! What was the issue?

Burner's Cars it was the suspected fault, the ignition switch. After I spent some time replacing it I could not some definite wear on the original. After replacement everything functions as it should!. Thank god because now I can actually leave the car in public with ease of mind now. With the issue before I could hardly leave it alone anywhere in fear of some form of theft. All peace of mind now. I think I'll work in the stock sound system next. Although that definitely will be pricy in that department for sure haha. I'll manage

Ah, of course! Glad it's all sorted. Well done! The stock sound system is definitely lacking...

Hi Stuart. We discussed the problem, a micro switch was preventing movement of the roof in one direction, and you resolved it. I recommended that you replace both ball sockets since one fell off, and you ordered a new pair. The ball sockets tend to get looser and elongated with age, and sometimes fall off if they don't break, so it's best to keep a pair on hand. Thanks! ~Gary

Thanks mate! I've heard a good bit of anecdotal evidence on these changes, but I'm always a bit skeptical. I'd definitely like to have some time with the parts and a dyno to see exactly what's happening. You have to think about where the restrictions are. At a minimum, I think you'd need to replace the airbox, throttle body and plenum... but then you have the factory exhaust... so you replace airbox, throttle body, plenum, headers, exhaust... well, cost / benefit might not make sense.

Yeah, mine have a bit of play, too. As long as that rubber insert is in good shape, I wouldn't be concerned.

I did! It's not so much that I thought he was wrong... but since you can only do this when rebuilding the engine, it didn't seem that useful. If you're rebuilding the engine, it seems like you'd have many options.

I had those same thoughts. It's an impractical solution for the average Porsche owner, however it did two things for me: 1. It identified the actual cause as being pressure differential inside the IMS. 2. It brought to light a dirt cheap solution on a rebuild. If I were rebuilding, I would drill the holes, install a ceramic bearing, and finish it off with Pedro's DOF. That should do it!

I am having the exact same issue, but after watching this video I get the impression that they need to be pop in with a wrench. Did you have any luck?

@@SornGeorge Yes, if I remember correctly I did have my other 'control' arm and cup still intact so I just matched up the positioning of the new cup on the arm that was giving me trouble. To your question if the cups are not popped into the ball joint portion that should be step one. Once that's done I recommend testing the top-down procedure at least 10 times. Eventually the problem went away for me. My theory is that this issue is cause by the weather, and if its too cold the weather could cause the plastic cup to be stiff and more prone to breaking or popping out of the joint so I would also recommend driving around to get some heat built up in the back where these controls sit next to the engine. Once that's done it should soften the plastic enough to shape better around the ball joint- of course again, this is a theory, but I hope it helps.

@@BlackbirdProductions thanks for the response! Will be trying again today. The other thing I learnt is to avoid operating the roof while in motion, which I’ve been guilty of doing in the past. All the best

Thank you, sir!

Same for me 986

My problem too some sensor issur

djambrosia enjoyed your description, what a life saver. Question is where do I buy the bits. Thanks Andrew

Haha! Thank you, sir! I'm equal parts excited and terrified. (It's a girl)

Damn! I don't even know how that happens! (But yeah, having the hardtop is great!) Ok, not THAT big... it may involve composites. There. That's all I'm saying!

Driving Luca ..Driving....