Maggie’s What's Your View II

Yeah, yeah… Quoting my own post. Doesn’t seem like it, but a lot of progress today between getting stuff done around the house. Got the license plate holder flipped so it clears the camera, got the camera wires run to the front, and down to just one wire remaining to be tapped…that yellow wire next to the parking brake.

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Not shown in this pic, but I also had to tap into that black/blue wire in that block under the driver’s seat for the camera’s reverse trigger. That red wire off to the left is now connected, and run back through the side of the fuse box and up/over to the head unit too. Just one more tap and a few connections to go.

I did test everything too (hence that red power wire temporarily connected in that pic), and everything seems to be gtg. Will try to finish up mañana.

And yes, the car will get a good cleaning/vacuuming as I button it back up! LoL
Qouting my quoted quote…LoL

Cockpit pretty much all buttoned up, and just got the rear bumper mostly mounted (still have to tighten all the fittings and re-install taillights.

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Had to take a water break…. New insulated garage and fans helps a lot, but it’s still hot as balls here.

Will get the wheels on, re-connect the battery, and run through any trouble shooting/setup needed before I finish re-installing the rest of the interior.

Getting close… then on to other projects.

Edit: Got the wheels and tires back on, so I could set the car down for final camera adjustments…done, and done!

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And kind of a relief that I didn’t screw something up or cut a wire while buttoning everything back up!

Pretty happy with it overall; not bad for a $200 radio. Will need to upgrade the speakers at some point too, but really not that worried about the sound; really just wanted the Carplay interface for navigation, etc. vs. the 13-year-old basic AM/FM head unit that was in there!
 
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Qouting my quoted quote…LoL

Cockpit pretty much all buttoned up, and just got the rear bumper mostly mounted (still have to tighten all the fittings and re-install taillights.

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Had to take a water break…. New insulated garage and fans helps a lot, but it’s still hot as balls here.

Will get the wheels on, re-connect the battery, and run through any trouble shooting/setup needed before I finish re-installing the rest of the interior.

Getting close… then on to other projects.

Edit: Got the wheels and tires back on, so I could set the car down for final camera adjustments…done, and done!

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And kind of a relief that I didn’t screw something up or cut a wire while buttoning everything back up!

Pretty happy with it overall; not bad for a $200 radio. Will need to upgrade the speakers at some point too, but really not that worried about the sound; really just wanted the Carplay interface for navigation, etc. vs. the 13-year-old basic AM/FM head unit that was in there!
Down the $$$ rabbit hole of stereo upgrades. It's just like guns. :p
 
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Somewhere on I70 in MO; heading home to TX after my best friend’s wife’s funeral

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Helping him clear out his garage as he gets ready to sell and move overseas for a few years. Grabbed the trailer we used to use when we raced Miatas, and an old spare set of wheels/tires from his wife’s X5… will sell ‘em when I get home.

One less thing on his plate
 
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Any guesses on how much this little light that illuminated on my dashboard during last weeks’s road trip to/from my buddy’s wife’s funeral is gonna cost?

Was able to reset it with a simple restart, but it came back several more times over the course of the trip. Threw several codes when I finally got home and was able to hook it up to my Durometric tool, but the only one that really concerns me is 1731: Shift rod 1 displacement sensors

Hope it’s just a bad battery or dirty MAF sensor (both can throw really weird codes), because Porsche won’t repair the PDK…even a bad sensor = new transmission at ~$30K if I go through the dealer.

New battery OTW, and my test pilot buddy who happened to be in town helped me pull and clean the MAF sensor today. That was fun…🙄.

Sitting sideways in this pic, after finally getting both sides uncoupled and getting it unplugged from the sensor wire harness. What a pain in the ass.

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…took me far too long to realize the big ass O-ring that seals the MAF sensor housing to the air box goes behind the little tabs on the air box side, and not between the two housings resting against/on the lip of that shoulder on the air box side of the MAF sensor housing. That was a royal pain in the ass, but easy-peasy once I figured out what I was doing wrong.

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New gender non-specific liquids...tranny fluid,LoL…are also OTW. This transmission actually uses regular gear oil for the gears like a manual trans, but also uses a very specific type of ATF for the valve bodies, etc that control the dual clutches, etc.; both in separate chambers of the transmission housing. Will be doing it early at 56K miles according to the tech manuals, but gonna go ahead and drain and refill both sides of the trans to see if that helps…gonna do the simple procedure that doesn’t require PIWIS to actuate the “fill mode” after a fluid change.

Will clear all the codes after that and hope for the best; will take it in to the dealer for a PDK recalibration regardless if I can't find an independent shop with PIWIS.

If it shits the bed again, then I need to figure out where to go from here. Most likely culprit is a bad “distance sensor” on gear selector shaft #1, and again Porsche won’t replace or repair the sensor…just the entire trans. There are a few options, but will likely pull the motor and trans myself and ship, or take the trans to one of the specialty shops that repair them…likely a $2-$5K fix plus the cost of a recalibration vs. the $25-$30K cost of a new PDK transmission.
 
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Monday sucked . My oldest was sick . Took him to town with me so he could go to the doctor. Only good part of the day is we got out before the flood waters.
At work I had 3 asshole customers. I only spoke to 3 customers…..
drive home took 30 minutes longer because flooded road 6 min from home .
Then I find a part of my new fence washed out . IMG_6085.jpeg

Took the rest of the week off to rebuild.

Good news. Oldest is better.
Since we got more rain last night wife and I are going on a date today lol with the middle boy .
I also get to pick up my new pew pew from Moon .
 
Great track day with the local Porsche club today!

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I had two students, and we did it a bit different today, so I got a ton of track time. We allowed the students to ride with instructors in all run groups, so I took one with me in the advanced group, and the other in the intermediate group.

I then rode with them in each of their respective beginner’s groups; one had a nice 718 Cayman T, the other had a brand new Dakar! Forgot to get a pic, but man, that car’s a hoot!

Switched it up for the second runs, and then let them run solo in the third session.

So if I move to Texas and I get a Porsche, does that mean I need to get an Air Force commendation medal license plate?…
 
Not my car, and Legion of Merit, but sure!

Here’s mine, about 3-4 steps down the ladder from that Turbo S, but a better track car IMHO; pic taken just a few minutes ago…

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And my current view; replacing drive shaft U-joints and the center bearing for one of my wife’s female work friends . It’s a 2006 Toyota Tacoma with 200K miles…only one really messed up is the front joint, surprisingly:

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Other than the one joint, she’s in pretty good shape for the mileage….and the truck’s OK too!

LoL