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Many groups have orchestrated an exchange of information between members and it has worked exceptionally well. Many of our members have knowledge or expertise in body work, suspension upgrades, electrical repair, tires, wheels, engines, and, and, and… Our difficulty is that tapping into these experts may have been difficult in the past. I’ve tried to make it a little easier.
After a little “experimenting,” here’s the first attempt at a way we can exchange ideas and/or ask questions to other Shasta Region members. It should be pretty simple, but it could get complicated if you let it. Just send your Porsche-related comment or question to AskShastaRegion. I will forward the item to the membership at large (whoever wants to participate) for responses to your query. They will have the option of replying to my “forward” directly (then I would forward their answer to you) or they could “reply to all” and inform everyone of their opinion/advice.
Here are a couple of rules right off the bat:
- Keep it clean. We want to be sure questions and answers or comments could be read by all viewers without offense, insult or injury.
- Keep it Porsche-related. That doesn’t mean you can ask: “When I’m picking up girls in my Boxster, should I have the top up or down?”
- Keep from beating the dead horse. In other words, no arguing.
- Let’s not use this service to help you sell your products. It should be used for care and keeping of our Porsches. This doesn’t mean you can’t announce Porsche parts (or, for that matter a Porsche) for sale. However, it shouldn’t be used for routine sales of your products or promotion of your business.
- Don’t provide curt responses to innocent questions. For instance, don’t reply “Duh” when someone asks “Where do I check the radiator fluid in my 914?”
- Don’t ask a question that needs an immediate response. I may not get to it for a few hours.
If you do not want to be part of this exchange, please let me know now or at any later time and I’ll remove your address from this service. If you ask to be removed from this service, you will continue to receive notices of meetings and tours.
Let’s have some fun with this and help each other better care for our favorite cars.
Bob
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Does any of the Shasta Region members that own Boxsters have a place to recommend in the Redding area where they take their Boxsters to get smogged? My concern is making sure I take it to a place that knows how to deal with properly removing the top in order to inspect the engine.
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We just did our smog this week. We used a regular guy. We opened the hatch for him. It's something an owner should know any way. Use the instructions in the manual.
Briefly; Raise the top about 4" off the wind shield. This opens the "clamshell" to it's max.
Then unsnap the cables that hold the window down and fold it up out of the way. Then remove the carpet by turning the plastic quick releases.
Then remove the engine cover by turning the metal quick releases.
I would practice at home, we did the first time just to see the engine.
I doubt that you'll find anyone that is proficient at it. Any shop can figure it out with the manual. We still prefer to do it ourselves. It saves time and expense. Not to mention damage from a mistake.
Let me know if you have any questions. Harvey
Auto Clinic in Palo Cedro. Jeff is a PCA member and knows Boxsters. Von
I just had ours done a month or so ago. There is a shop in Enterprise between Larkspur and Churn Creek in one of those warehouse buildings. I don't remember the name but if you call I can describe how to get there. It's easy to find. Chuck Reed sent me there and the guy with the shop was very good. He knows how to get to the engine and did it quickly and smoothly. I was very happy. It cost a little more than our other cars because of the extra work to access the engine. Around $40+ I believe. Jerry
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For any 914 experts:
One of our members asks:
Is the width of the driver’s side seat frame the same on all 914’s?
He has found that the hinged tabs on the floor of his 914 are 1 ½ inches farther apart on the passenger side than on the driver’s side.
Apart from some modification through the years, is there some reason the factory may have installed a wider seat frame on the passenger side on a 73 or 74 914?
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I'm not aware of any changes other than the shape and style of the lift lever on the earlier year 914's. The actual rail itself hasn't changed. There is a left side and a right side frame. The dimensions from left to right may be different but you wouldn't put a passenger side frame on a driver side anyway.
A couple of things to note. Those tabs don't line up all that easily to begin with. The seat must be positioned perfectly or the holes will not line up properly. Another thought is that the person having the problem may have received a replacement part that is for the wrong side or.....the wrong car. It may be for a 911 or something else.
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The seats should be able to fit either frame. The width between the seat rails (where the rail slides onto the frame) should be about 14 inches center to center. Whichever seat is closest to that is probably the “stock” installation. Probably the other seat mount was modified to accommodate an aftermarket or other Porsche model seat.
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