Did you end up hear anything yet?

 

No dice as of yet. It is not the clutch switch and not the battery. I swapped both from a friends car to be sure. On Sunday I will try to check the alternator/starter wire to see if that is the problem. I really wanted to do that last night, but after push starting the car I ended up going for a spirited drive instead . Runs great once it's running... the only issue is getting it running.


I called Suncoast to see if this harness (in the link below) were compatible with the 997TT and they said it was for the Carrera and Carrera S models.


http://www.suncoastparts.com/product/SKU997HARNESS.html


So in referring to the diagram below, it looks like I may need item number 13 or 14.


http://www.jimellisporscheparts.com/...ssembly=471164


Thanks all and if anyone has any other suggestions I am wide open.

 

Any new updates?!?

 

I got my car running this morning . The culprit was the main positive power distributor battery cable. I was looking around under the battery tray after checking the alternator and starter cables (which were fine) and upon further inspection I noticed some corrosion on the bottom of the battery cable. My friend jiggled the cable and noticed that the light in the trunk got brighter (stronger connection) and he told me to try and start it. While he held the wire down I tried cranking it and it started right up. THIS WAS MY ISSUE --> http://www.jimellisporscheparts.com/...761299300.html <-- the positive power battery cable.


We disconnected the battery, took off the cable, which was splined and very difficult to remove, cleaned it and hit body poled connection with the wire brush and, now everything is all good. We put dielectric grease on both parts to improve the connection. The car starts very strong now and it never had a problem running before once it was started so hopefully I'm good to go. I'm ecstatic to have my car running again. If I have the issue again in the future, or if I feel the car having difficulty starting I will check here first. Simply jiggling the positive cable will reveal at least some truth.


Thank you everyone for all of your suggestions, which put my mind at ease knowing that they are all in good working order. My friend works on these cars often and says he has never seen this before... just my luck I guess.


I am not sure about inserting pictures but I think I did it correctly here. This way others have an idea of what to check if they experience my issue. My part was #4 in the schematic in the last picture

 

very nice sir …..

 

Jim Ellis replaced my ignition switch and clutch switch. Still not fixed.

Will update this cable next.

 

Glad you got to the bottom of it.

 

Good new! I just hate it when you can't figure out what's going wrong ( I would lose sleep over this kind of issue)