Fuse panel with positive terminal (997/987 cars)

[braddo]

As others will know, this is for getting power to the car to open the bonnet (which has electric opening) for access to a flat battery.

It's the red positive terminal (pic below) - mine was nearly flush with the panel and I made the mistake of pushing it, thinking it might be a push-button release (D'oh!) and the red tab just kept going further inside the fuse panel! Does anyone have any tips for how to retrieve it?




(pic courtesy of https://www.askthemechanic.co.uk/makes/porsche)


I was lucky that after several attempts there was juuuust enough battery for the key fob to pop the bonnet open. I was then able to jump start the car normally. Otherwise I was up the creek!

[Ob 1]

You use the yellow fuse puller to extract the positive terminal out.
If you’ve pushed it further in I’d suspect that you could still pull it out with the fuse puller?
If not then I’d try a decent set of needle nose pliers?

[Digga]

Not sure if the yellow fuse extractor is visible in that pic, or may even be missing, but this is a better pic:

[braddo]

Thanks. I tried the fuse puller but no use when the red thing is pushed ar least 1cm further in than digga’s photo and there is no room to grip it

[Caddyshack]

I just cut the end off an old 12v plug in cigarette lighter thing - extend the wires and keep them in the car, if the battery goes flat you plug it in the cigarette lighter socket (I use the ash tray near the handbrake) put it on a 12v battery and you can pop the bonnet (frunk). Saves all that messing around.

[braddo]

Caddyshack said:

I just cut the end off an old 12v plug in cigarette lighter thing - extend the wires and keep them in the car, if the battery goes flat you plug it in the cigarette lighter socket (I use the ash tray near the handbrake) put it on a 12v battery and you can pop the bonnet (frunk). Saves all that messing around.

Interesting! Thanks

[FriedMarsBar]

Caddyshack said:

I just cut the end off an old 12v plug in cigarette lighter thing - extend the wires and keep them in the car, if the battery goes flat you plug it in the cigarette lighter socket (I use the ash tray near the handbrake) put it on a 12v battery and you can pop the bonnet (frunk). Saves all that messing around.

Handy tip thx!