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There’s no doubt it’s a more firm ride than stock. It’s very similar to stock with the sport PASM suspension switched on. I don’t mind at all.

@ thx for the info. Hey are you on stock shocks?

@shughes911 yes, for now I am. When the time comes, I will replace them with Bilstein B8. That’s what I did on my 996 as well.

@ ya that’s what I will go with as well. Thx for the feedback back

Wow. That’s crazy! I do think it’s pretty cool that Porsche put a little notch on the side of the rocker panel to point to the intended jack point.

@@motorsandmeats88 yeah and the 968 still has the diamond mark in the centre of the rocker but there is no jack point there.

@JVR_Funwithdesign ha. That’s when weirder!

I appreciate it! Hoping he forms a bond with his car through the process. When I was a kid I had a 1965 Ford Falcon. It was white with a red stripe and red interior. I loved that car and drove it for 13 years.

Ha. Thanks. I’m going to do my best to make sure it includes the “meats“ side of things in every episode moving forward someway or another.

I reeeaaally need to build a shop with a lift! My wife’s XC90 has had to park out in the gravel since the day I rolled the 944 into the carport.😂

I support this!! New shops with lifts make for outstanding content. So what are we thinking then? Break ground in….let’s say March. We’re impatiently waiting!! When will we get an update?!😂

@K1dPhresh1 lol. You start the gofundme and I’ll make it happen😂😂😂

Yes. The Eurowise Offroad Rear Bumper will not fit without removing it. A couple months later, I spent $100 at an exhaust shop to have them add pipe to the cut off ends and hang them properly up and out of the way. Looks and sounds great not having the sound exit underneath the vehicle.

Thanks! Just testing out a new camera with this one really.

One job I’ve never enjoyed on the 996 is the alternator removal. I think I ended up doing it 7 times on my old 996 and once on Bradley’s!

Exactly. I should have mentioned that in the video about the resetting procedure! I’ll be back in the 996 brotherhood myself at some point for sure.😬

Nice. I have not had to do a motor yet, but that’s what I suspect is wrong with the 944 passenger windpw

Seems that way I’m afraid. We’ve had the car for 3 weeks, I have the timing belts and water pump kit. I suppose I should have done it as soon as I got the car home! At least this way I get to see what the inside of the engine looks like😬😬😬😬

@ That’s a real kick in the balls to have the kit there. Hopefully it’s just bent some valves and not punched holes the pistons. Keep us updated cheers

Yeah no doubt! Will do. Filming as we go. Good wrenching practice for my 15 year old son though. It’s actually his car

All good. Just more fuel for new videos!

This one actually rides pretty nicely. It looks like stock suspension, but it must’ve been replaced at some point in the last decade. It doesn’t even squeak or rattle! The seats are extra squishy compared to the 911, so I bet that contributes to the felt nice ride.

If its an interference engine, you be replacing some valves.

I am sure you are right. Hoping to get the head off the thing tomorrow. The valve cover came off just a bit ago. Filming as I go!

I’ve heard that if the battery isn’t disconnected first that it can cause the airbag light to come on. I personally didn’t experience that, so I’m not certain. You may check if the iCarSoft scan tool can reset that airbag light. If so, it costs less than $375, and then you’ll have a great tool for future use. I still have not yet done the PDK service, but it is on my to-do list. I’ll definitely be making a video of it when I do.

@ thank you so much!

Any time, and thanks for watching

😂 funny you should say that. My next video is on my friend’s 996!

@@motorsandmeats88 hahah I'm here for it all!!!!

Sweet! I’ve lived here since ‘94

Man it’s such a cool little car. Sawyer just drove it tonight across town for the first time. So far he’s just been going up and down our gravel road to get used to driving manual. I was with him, and he did great!

I worked with a local decal shop to custom design it. I couldn’t find one commercially available that I loved, but I knew I wanted the Martini colors.

@motorsandmeats88 yea looks great! I tried looking for that style but couldn't find it. Good look!

@slickfixjeff thanks! I just took a bunch of pics of designs I liked to the custom shop, and this is what we came up with. Total cost installed was under $600.

@@motorsandmeats88 sounds good! Thanks

Just completed my first year with 33k miles. I’ll be doing another video soon to share that experience!

The gauges are very cool in this one. The upside down tach is really unique.

@@motorsandmeats88 That continued into the 1987/88 924S too, although the gauge faces were marked in white by then. My first Porsche was an '87 924S, loved that car.

That was the same thing I was experiencing with the 996. The new starter took care of that problem.

Thanks for watching, and you’re right! This car has the dual row bearing.

I’m not sure what would be causing it not to come loose. It’s been a while since I did this job, so I just watched back through to see if I could jog my memory. I did it with the wheel off and I think I held back against the hub by putting a crow bar between the lugs while turning the axle nut with a long breaker bar. Sorry I couldn’t be more help. I’m not sure if it makes a difference if the wheel is off or not.

@@motorsandmeats88Thanks for the follow up bro! I found out the factory torque on the wheel bearing is 370 ft lbs! I bought an “Earthquake” pneumatic gun at Harbor Freight and it wouldn’t budge. Bought a 20v Ultra torque Hercules impact that boasts 1500 ft lbs from Harbor Freight on a recommendation from a guy from Advance Auto. Had my wife stand on the brake peddle and went after the nut. Boom baby! It came off! When I went to tap out the axel, my 3 pound hammer wouldn’t move it, so I got pissed off and got out the 8 lb. sledge! Ordered a 3/4in- 48” long torque wrench to put it back together. Thanks again for the insight!

@Bladeslap1 that is some serious torque! I’m going to pin this comment (if I can remember how😂) as I think it may be really helpful to others. Thanks for the update…

I’m glad the video is helpful, and that really stinks about the broken tube! Those are for vacuum, so there’s no fluid or anything passing though them. Sounds crude, but I bet you could get it back together temporarily with some duct tape. I once had to duct tape my oil filler tube on my 911 when it broke on a road trip. Those are also part of the vacuum system, and the duct tape kept things functioning til I could get a new one. Good luck, and thanks for the sub!

@@motorsandmeats88 you're the man! i thought this was a long shot but saw you had responded a few days ago. Thank you again!!

@jordanmiller6659 anytime!

@@motorsandmeats88 Got everything put back together today and she started right back up - thank you again!!

@jordanmiller6659 that is excellent! Glad to hear it worked out. Crazy what a little bit of sweat, focus, time, and tools can make happen. Lol.

Great idea. I did the engine mounts on my 911 and it made a huge improvement to the smoothness of the shifts.

​@motorsandmeats88 I actually just put a new motor mount into my Cayman and also installed some aftermarket urethane inserts that stiffen up the factory mount...I didn't realise that the inserts I had gotten (marketplace purchase) were the "race" hardness.... Holy NVH Batman, took them out after one day.

@ Lolol. I bet you felt EVERYTHING

Yes I think you are right. I have seen that look and really like it.

Interesting. Not sure if you can see it in the video or not, but on the side opposite of the battery, there’s a loose piece of plastic that I cannot tell what it’s intended to be covering. I was reading on rennlist or somewhere about the vent tube for the filler neck being loose or something and not allowing the pressure to build up to make the fuel pump shut off. Will investigate further!

@@motorsandmeats88 There is a plastic piece that is kind of triangular I think that cover the wiper motor on the driver side.

@papasmurf986 gotcha. That’s been my best guess, but I haven’t figured out how to secure it there. It just sort of lays there loosely.

That’s awesome! It’s a lot of fun to drive. We have been having manual driving lessons the last couple days, and he is catching on quickly.

Ha! This debate is about as tough as which oil is the best oil!😂. I do say nine nine six and nine nine seven though😬. I’m such a nerd that I googled nine four four vs nine forty four before I recorded this and found that MOST responded with nine four four 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

They've been nine-four-fours to me since they were new in the 80s. 😎

@@motorsandmeats88 I sure say nine four four, nine forty four sounds weird!

😂. I like to think so. We were out this afternoon practicing. We were working on getting going from a stand still, finding the bite point of the clutch, easing on the throttle, and all that. Fortunately no one lives on our road but us, so we just started and stopped over and over again for half an hour😂

I’ve loved the Cayman since they first came out. I remember seeing one inside the Des Moines, Iowa shopping mall in 2007

@ yep… no immediate plans to replace it either ☺️☺️☺️

Sawyer is cautiously excited about wrenching on it. I will definitely be fanning that flame! It does have some oil leaks that I failed to mention in the video.

The last time that you upgraded to a 997.2 from your 996, you inspired me to do the same. This time I’m not going to follow your lead. A Toyota Celica would have been my choice! 😆😆

The last time that you upgraded to a 997.2 from your 996, you inspired me to do the same. This time I’m not going to follow your lead. A Toyota Celica would have been my choice! 😆😆

@martinespinosa 😂 My dad had an ‘84 Celica for a short period of time. It was manual and hatchback. I loved driving it as a teenager!

Hopefully both the the car and Sawyer will be ready by then!

I absolutely love driving on track! And yes, I’m sure that’s why. I swear I’m not out there trying to be the fastest driver when we go to the Dragon and beyond. But once you learn properly and safely where the limits of adhesion are with your car, you can then confidently push it closer to the limit and have so much more fun with it😬

😂😂😂. It’s a really fun little car. My favorite with Jay’s car was when it had the ‘Tis But A Scratch’ sticker before he got the dent repaired!

I might still! I’m watching this with interest! Michael’s a good mate of mine!

😂😂😂. I appreciate the kind words!

Thanks again for hosting me on the Porsche-retrieval trip!

anytime sir!

Thanks for the kind words, and I’m glad it was helpful!

My 996 previous to this was manual and I loved it. The guy who bought it swapped in at 997 GT3 shifter and said it made a night-and-day improvement, so I can’t imagine how good that must be! I was actually purposefully looking for a PDK example, wanting to experience what that was like. I do love it, and I think it’s a fantastic transmission. My next car will be manual though…😬