Smart move. I've owned one Audi and will never own another after getting up close and personal to the poor engineering, R&D, etc. Under the skin they aren't even close to the Porsche, which has always surprised me considering they all come from the same parent company.

@@jeffrichardsoncardiy In my case it was just a dumb luck. I never liked Porsche and especially look of dashboards, but 981 looked good to me. This might be a trivial thing to some, but from the driver seat it's the most you will ever see. I'll keep your channel in my back pocket, it might come handy very soon. So far I only had to change the front hood gas struts, re-glue a rear view mirror and re-glue a small second hand of the clock. My roof is now two stage opening and closing process. It looks like microswitches will be my next Porsche project. Not a big deal. Cheers!

Send me an email to the channel email address. [email protected]

Yes, all the same except for the throttle body, intake and tune. Unfortunately it's not so simple, as the 'tune' is coding of all the other control units that talk to the DME, which is a lot of them.

@@jeffrichardsoncardiy so change the intake n tune it?

Unfortunately not.

I don't have any experience with the 987 so I can't really help other than to say that you want to disconnect the vacuum supply side of the solenoids and plug these.

@@jeffrichardsoncardiy that is plug all the solenoid feed pipes

It’s got to be one of the three

I’m grateful for your help

If you find the output from the pump that then goes to a junction for all the other valve control solenoids, then disconnect that single hose and plug it would be my suggestion.

I haven't separated the two input shafts from each other as I don't have the heavy workshop equipment required. So I can't give you those dimensions. Why do you need them?

@@jeffrichardsoncardiy nothing really important. Just curious to see if it's shaft on shaft/bushing with approx .001 clearance or if it has bearings integrated or what the situation is.

Send me an email to the channel email address [email protected] so I can send images and ask a few questions.

Definitely subjective. I've never touched one of the Getrag boxes and the lack of information and parts for the ZF transmission is frustrating. Something I'm on a mission to do something about. But from what I've seen online the Getrag transmissions seem to have so many issues, whilst the ZF box seems to have little of these and is pretty simple to fix.

I don't plan to pull the engine apart as it's 100% and I used it for other testing. If I had a donated wreck engine, like the PDK transmission, I'd definitely do it.

I was actually planning on doing it in a few months, was wondering if you had any thoughts on which replacement bolts to buy, the Volvo parts seem like the consensus for the best style bolts but you have to cut them to length

@@tandimay57 Your comments are the first time I've heard of this. Which bolts are you referring to? Is it as per this Rennlist thread? rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-gt3-forum/1186710-cam-actuator-screw-inspection-re-torque.html

Don't know if it's the DSG, but it's an Audi made box and not the ZF transmission.

I have no experience with the Panamera so I really can't comment.

I can't see that the older models would be too different but I've never had my hands on one. I'd be steering clear of the 987.1 due to the known engine problems and go for a 987.2 that has an engine of similar design to the 981.

It could be the plastic being warped. I've heard people talk of this, where heat warps the plastic shell. I've not seen it, but I've heard that people have corrected it by heating with a heat gun bending back into place.

The filter is a very coarse fibrous type that is designed to last for the transmission lifetime and will only catch really large bits. It's the same filter type that is used on a standard auto. I used to change them regularly but when cutting them open they were always empty. The wear particles in the clutch section will be either ferrous and caught by the magnets in the pan, or they are from the friction disks. These will continue to circulate in the fluid and not be caught by the filter. I have recently revived an old E36 BMW with 360,000 km on the clock. I did a full transmission service including the filter. The oil was like grey soup with none of the material in this being caught by the filter, and the magnet in the pan was thick with ferrous sludge. I cut open the filter to see what was inside. I counted 6 tiny pieces of metal in the filter in total, so it was basically empty. Don't know if it was the original filter, but it had certainly been in there for a long time. For me changing the fluid regularly is really important for a whole raft of reasons, but the filter is in my opinion a waste of time.

@@jeffrichardsoncardiy thank you so much for this again. That's invaluable information!

It's not something I have experience with as I don't need to upgrade. It might be as easy as simply setting the option at the top level and allowing the system to code these, but others like sports chrono aren't possible from what I've read. I'd be scouring the forums for info on what you need to code.

Unfortunately not. This definitely needs to go to the dealership and have all the keys and other control units like the DME, rear BCM coded so they talk to each other. The front BCM is the heart of the anti theft system so it's made to be very difficult to just copy and paste. I'm not even sure if an old control unit can be recoded by the dealership rather than a brand new one. I'd be very interested to know if it can be done.

G'day Juan, neither of the cars I own have the headlight washer system so I'm unable to do a video on this. Suggest downloading the workshop manual (link below). Seems like a relatively simple procedure. www.planet-9.com/threads/981-boxster-workshop-manual.246427/

Kind words. Much appreciated.