The second part of the IMS bearing upgrade process. These videos hopefully show a detailed account of everything I did to replace the IMS bearing. In this video, I show how I removed the muffler and catalytic converters to gain access to the transmission.
As always, everything you choose to do on your car is your responsibility. I am definitely not an expert, and I will not take responsibility for your actions. These videos are just a documentation of the adventures of an amateur diy Porsche enthusiast.
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Your adventurous spirits for DIY are admirable and amazing!
You sir are a legend among men!
Man I was not as lucky as you with the 3 bolts/nuts around the exhaust manifold. I pre-soaked all of them for a couple days with Kroil and every one of them broke as soon as I twisted them. I end up having to remove the exhaust manifolds and grind off the welded nuts. I'm still not done putting it back together yet. I pre-soaked all the other bolts also and they all came off without an issue.
Yeah liing under the car and fiddeling around, strengtens the love for the car a lot:-)
How do you keep track of nut and bolts? Where they go back etc.. I always left out or short of nut or bolt, and that sucks.
I've run into 12.5mm bolts/nuts as well. I've never purchased such a wrench because I always use a crescent or you can use a standard equivalent (i'm not sure which one it is) watching you struggle with that bolt reminded me. My tool bag has a smattering of metric/standard sized tools.
Great video, tx
Great video! Good work!
Watching and Lovin!!!
Hello, do you have any new videos coming up of IMS removal ? thanks.
I'm grateful that your doing it step by step!! Curious why you chose not to remove the rear bumper? Another great job keep up the good work!!!
Great job! Keep it up! If you can do this, there's hope for many others who would otherwise not be able to afford an IMS replacement/upgrade!
A big big thank-you for the shout-out! Looks like the American weather has been slightly kinder to your bolts than in rainy England! Very impressed you are tackling this without a lift. The Roaring Tigers Garage youtube channel have a 3 part guide on removing the Boxster transmission & engine which may be of some help?
Love that you're showing all the details. Other IMS videos or instructions start at the backside of the engine with exhaust and tranny removed. Keep it up!
Thanks so much for making these videos! I commend you on tackling this project on your own. I have done just about every other kind of maintenance project on my car, except a clutch job. So this is great to see. Looking forward to seeing you finish the project!
awesome videos! i like how you go step by step this is very helpful i am going to be doing this work on my 2002 porsche boxster this weekend and need to know how to do it. i am also changing my IMS bearing out with new improved Roller version. I cant wait to see the rest of the videos they are extremly helpful!! thanks. also one last thing i had a question… do you need any car lift or are you using just jack stands only ? thanks
Good luck with the project. Keep it up!