You need to first remove starter - follow pattern in front pulley which locks every 120 degrees to remove Allen bolts inside starter hole Also note there is a 12 point Torx on bell housing The converter stays with tranny
@@HelpMeDIY Their primary function is to lock the crank at specific positions where you can slide the wristpins through the engine block during reassembly.
Hey, I want to say thanks. You're saving me so much money. I don't have the tiptronic, so this particular video isn't really relevant to me, but I watch them all anyway because you provide so much info. I've had my 2000 Boxster S for 20 years and always had the dealership do my work. It's a Porsche, so there has really not been much work, they're so reliable, but when I had to spend three grand to have the convertible top actuator transmissions replaced last year, more than I've spent in total on repairs (not including maintenance) since I bought the car, I decided to learn to do my own work. I've saved over a thousand bucks this year (water pump replacement and maintenance) and I'm confident I'm doing it right. Maybe a clutch/manual transmission video sometime soon, just in case? Again, thanks.
I'm going to be honest , some of my components weren't connected to the car and just hanging, I took a screenshot from this video and now I can put them were they need to go... wish more youtubers give a 360 degree angle like you
Progress! The needlenose vice grips do make good hose clamp pliers and they also make a good hose clamp to stop the flow of fluids while clamping down on a hose. Slip about 3" of old fuel line (1/2" ID maybe?) over each jaw and you can assure that they won't hurt the hose you're squeezing down on. Man, when you were separating the trans from the block I could just imagine the engine end of the table flipping the engine right on to the floor! Glad to have been wrong!
I wonder if unbolting the exhaust cam gear and yanking it out would allow the engine to turn? Also, I always wondered what the weird bracket near the throttle body was for. It's for the automatics!
I think you mean you need to remove the starter (not the alternator) to get at the flex plate bolts? And yes, you can certainly remove the starter with the engine in the car!
If you free up the cam chains you might be able to rotate the engine to get at the torque converter bolts. Torque converters are crazy expensive so don't drop it. Most shops add an extra days labor for removing a TIP compared to a manual transmission on a Boxster. Real pain is putting it back in place.
@@HelpMeDIY It`s easy. You pull the camshafts off on the broken side, then insert a metal bar or piece of wrench inside the chain and pulling that away from the engine you should able to rotate the crank.
About a year ago I purchased a Porsche Boxster S 2004, with a tiptronic transmission, lately I have been having some issues with loss of power while driving after a message on my dash shows up that says "Selector lever not engaged", I have run different scanners and I have no codes. I have look all over youtube trying to find what’s causing this issue but when I find a video it only shows the issue not the solution, has anyone seen or had this problem?. Thanks!
Is there any reason you did not remove the exhaust manifolds/catayltic converters from the engine when you removed the muffler/exhaust system before dropping the engine? I would have removed the entire exhaust system & manifolds before dropping the engine to make working on it easier and making the engine/trans combo lighter when dropping it. You can't remove the torque converter from the flex plate when the engine is seized and won't turn over to give access to the bolts which hold the torque converter to the flex plate. In this case, you really didn't do anything wrong because your engine won't rotate. You are now going to have to remove the cylinder heads in order to free up the timing chains so you can rotate the engine and remove the torque converter from the flex plate. Removing the alternator isn't going to solve your problem of having no way to access to ALL of the torque converter bolts.
+mike dx oh, and the reason I didn’t remove the exhaust manifold was because I didn’t want to mess with those rusty bolts, and was hoping that they wouldn’t ever have to come off. Wishful thinking, but thinking nonetheless…
@@HelpMeDIY I understand the wishful thinking... I had to take the manifolds off because of the way I removed the engine. Of the 12 bolts 4 came out, 4 broke (which is better than the...) 4 rounded the bolt heads and I had to drill off the heads. Of course a couple of those were in places where it was impossible to have a straight line access to the heads with the drill...
You need to first remove starter - follow pattern in front pulley which locks every 120 degrees to remove Allen bolts inside starter hole
Also note there is a 12 point
Torx on bell housing
The converter stays with tranny
+Anthony's Channel oh man, is that what those extra non-TDC holes are for?? Excellent!
@@HelpMeDIY Their primary function is to lock the crank at specific positions where you can slide the wristpins through the engine block during reassembly.
Hey, I want to say thanks. You're saving me so much money. I don't have the tiptronic, so this particular video isn't really relevant to me, but I watch them all anyway because you provide so much info. I've had my 2000 Boxster S for 20 years and always had the dealership do my work. It's a Porsche, so there has really not been much work, they're so reliable, but when I had to spend three grand to have the convertible top actuator transmissions replaced last year, more than I've spent in total on repairs (not including maintenance) since I bought the car, I decided to learn to do my own work. I've saved over a thousand bucks this year (water pump replacement and maintenance) and I'm confident I'm doing it right. Maybe a clutch/manual transmission video sometime soon, just in case? Again, thanks.
+Rob S glad it’s helping! I have a manual transmission clutch replacement video already 😉
@@HelpMeDIY Yep, I heard that when I got to the end of the video. Thanks again.
I'm going to be honest , some of my components weren't connected to the car and just hanging, I took a screenshot from this video and now I can put them were they need to go... wish more youtubers give a 360 degree angle like you
+super saiyan right? 😉. Thanks!
No such word as can’t
You show them 😎
+Iain Mcglynn 😂 🍻
Progress! The needlenose vice grips do make good hose clamp pliers and they also make a good hose clamp to stop the flow of fluids while clamping down on a hose. Slip about 3" of old fuel line (1/2" ID maybe?) over each jaw and you can assure that they won't hurt the hose you're squeezing down on.
Man, when you were separating the trans from the block I could just imagine the engine end of the table flipping the engine right on to the floor! Glad to have been wrong!
+Tom Fitch ha ha yeah, it wasn’t until after I had it off that I was wondering how close to the tipping point I was…
I wonder if unbolting the exhaust cam gear and yanking it out would allow the engine to turn? Also, I always wondered what the weird bracket near the throttle body was for. It's for the automatics!
Probably, but I don’t know how to do that yet 😂
I think you mean you need to remove the starter (not the alternator) to get at the flex plate bolts? And yes, you can certainly remove the starter with the engine in the car!
+JT JOMO oh did I say alternator? 😂 yes I meant starter.
You can remove tip only from vehicle, I have done it and even kept coolant in.
+Mikko Laitinen yeah I didn’t see why not. Thanks for the confirmation!
If you free up the cam chains you might be able to rotate the engine to get at the torque converter bolts. Torque converters are crazy expensive so don't drop it. Most shops add an extra days labor for removing a TIP compared to a manual transmission on a Boxster. Real pain is putting it back in place.
+Peter Brown yeah, I don’t blame them now… Freeing up the cam chains is my goal. Just trying to figure out how to do that still.
@@HelpMeDIY It`s easy. You pull the camshafts off on the broken side, then insert a metal bar or piece of wrench inside the chain and pulling that away from the engine you should able to rotate the crank.
@@Fungaricum I’ll give that a shot, thanks for the suggestion!
About a year ago I purchased a Porsche Boxster S 2004, with a tiptronic transmission, lately I have been having some issues with loss of power while driving after a message on my dash shows up that says "Selector lever not engaged", I have run different scanners and I have no codes. I have look all over youtube trying to find what’s causing this issue but when I find a video it only shows the issue not the solution, has anyone seen or had this problem?. Thanks!
+@pauldeabreu4553 not me, sorry. Good luck!
Is there any reason you did not remove the exhaust manifolds/catayltic converters from the engine when you removed the muffler/exhaust system before dropping the engine? I would have removed the entire exhaust system & manifolds before dropping the engine to make working on it easier and making the engine/trans combo lighter when dropping it. You can't remove the torque converter from the flex plate when the engine is seized and won't turn over to give access to the bolts which hold the torque converter to the flex plate. In this case, you really didn't do anything wrong because your engine won't rotate. You are now going to have to remove the cylinder heads in order to free up the timing chains so you can rotate the engine and remove the torque converter from the flex plate. Removing the alternator isn't going to solve your problem of having no way to access to ALL of the torque converter bolts.
+mike dx yes, you are exactly right. I have learned that…
+mike dx oh, and the reason I didn’t remove the exhaust manifold was because I didn’t want to mess with those rusty bolts, and was hoping that they wouldn’t ever have to come off. Wishful thinking, but thinking nonetheless…
@@HelpMeDIY I understand the wishful thinking... I had to take the manifolds off because of the way I removed the engine. Of the 12 bolts 4 came out, 4 broke (which is better than the...) 4 rounded the bolt heads and I had to drill off the heads. Of course a couple of those were in places where it was impossible to have a straight line access to the heads with the drill...
@@granthargrave2319 😬