1998 996 C2

[ATM]

therealsamdailly said:

E30 coupe next door?

Yeah

325i sport

Doesn't move much and it's a bit tatty. I wanna say rusty but can't be sure. It's not my house, my friend lives there.

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I've replaced the driver side door handle with an ebay 15 quid replacement. Door cards are both back on with some new sealant on the driver side. Everything is working now so both doors open from inside and outside except the passenger door handle microswitch which I forgot to reconnect. I will order some new white trim clips for the passenger side as I broke some and when they arrive I will reconnect the microswitch at the same time. This is the old door handle I removed. Hopefully you can see how rusty it looks. This is where the connecting rod was before it fell apart due to rust.

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This thread needs a bit of life.

So inspired by my other 996 having a dead alternator I decided to remove the perfectly good alternator off this car and put it on the other one. This car now has no alternator. My plan now is to replace the y cable which I think is tired and the cause of the lazy starter when the car is hot. Then once this done I will either have the frizzed alternator refurbed or just replace it with new. This is the hole where the alternator once was. And I believe the cable there you can see front and centre which bolted to the alternator must the y cable mentioned. So I just need to figure out how to remove this then replace. I might even consider making up my own replacement from better insulated cable which would last longer. Although if the old one is original then it lasted over 20 years. Not sure I will still have this car in 20 years so maybe I'm wasting my time and energy.

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I forgot to update this thread....

Refurbed for 120 quid

No idea if that's good

Just prefer fixing instead of throwing away and buying new

Hopefully I'll still feel like that in a few years time if it keeps working

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So I made a start on the starter job. Idea is to remove and also refurb and then refit. I think I might replace the y cable also.

Alternator is still off the car waiting for the starter to be done first. I'm hoping that having the alternator out will give me better access to the starter and y cable.

I got the throttle body off in 5 minutes. Then I quickly ground to a halt with the jubilee clips. Hopefully you can see why.

[shalmaneser]

Hmmmm not great access there....

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The PO did rebuild the engine at home. So I'm assuming he fitted these jubilee clips with the engine out and that's why the adjusters are on the wrong side. Short of dropping the engine I think I'm going to have to cut them off with a dremel or something.

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Ha Ha

You can actually see they're fitted back to front in these pics from my first post which I got from him of the rebuild.

[trails]

that is just super, good luck.

[Filibuster]

That is evil …. fk!!!

Are you able to fish the adjusters with a hook or something and rotate the clips so the adjusters point towards you??

[TurboRob]

Loosening off the rear engine mounts (with engine on trolley jack) will allow it to lower a good few inches.

[HughG]

Are they the type with a hex/nut on the adjuster?
If you you might be able to use a 1/4” drive socket with a UJ in the middle. You can drop the engine about 15mm just by loosening the mounts if you need a bit more access.

[Philvrs]

Draper do a long flexible hoseclip screwdriver
Might help?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292576597967?mkcid=16&a...

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Success with the dremel even with the restricted access

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[nebpor]

Good luck with the Y cable - my mechanic was cursing me

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nebpor said:

Good luck with the Y cable - my mechanic was cursing me

Why?

I got the old one off easily so fitting the new one can't be too tricky

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ATM said:

Not sure if I could test this because seems wasteful to just replace blind

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ATM said:

This was the old starter. You can make out the 996 part number. So I'd guess it was the original.