Boxster (986) F6-2.5L (1998)
Engine Mount: Service and Repair
Engine Restraining Cable
Manual transmission vehicles
Removal
1. Lift the vehicle.
2. Remove cable fastening on engine (1).
3. Remove cable (C) on the rear axle cross member with a commercially available 1/2 inch changeover ratchet (B) with the corresponding extension
and 13 mm socket wrench insert. When doing this, hold onto each hexagon of the cable (2). The tool (B) is inserted through the slot in the
sheetmetal brace.
Installation
1. Install in reverse order.
2. Use correct tightening torques. Cable to motor and cross member = 23 Nm (17 ft. lbs.).
Tiptronic Vehicles
Removal
1. Lift the vehicle.
2. Remove cable from engine.
3. Undo front sheetmetal brace (A) (2 screws on rear axle cross member).
Pull down sheetmetal brace by about 30 mm (direction arrow).
If there are already two rubber spoilers on the sheetmetal brace (as of Mod. '98), remove these spoilers (area X).
4. Undo cable on rear axle cross member at one side.