I recently got a 2006 C4S and intend to maintain it myself, as I did previously for the last 30 years with various BMW cars that I owned.

1) I was wondering where one can find the complete maintenance manual for the 997.1 (paper or CD or download), besides the expensive documentation sold by Porsche Dealers?

2) What kind of tools would you recommend? I realize that Porsche is all about Torx and Hex bits and was wondering what range of sizes should I get.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

Yves

Well, since nobody proposed an answer, I did some searches and ended up with a nice solution:

PorschePower@plasticexperts.com

Will sell a complete CD with multiple very informative and technical presentation on the 997.1 vehicles (covering the regular Carrera, the S, the 4 and the 4S) as well as the factory manuals in PDF format for the 2005 and 2006 models, including the electrical schematic and parts catalog. The whole set can be obtained for $65.00 and is really worth it, in my opinion.

I have not purchased any specialized tools yet, but will probably invest into a set of TORX bits, as I have pretty much all other regular tools.

Obviously, the amount of information for the 996 is much bigger than what can be found for the 997 series, but I suspect that will change as more and more 997.1 and 997.2 are getting out of warranty.

Yves

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

I have something similar, or perhaps the same. While helpful for some things, I typically find that for some activities there are references to preparation work that there is no documentation for. Sometimes it is the prep items that are most difficult. For example to remove A, first remove B. But the removal of B is not included in documentation.

Everything on Porsche is metric. Hazet makes most of the OEM tools for Porsche, but quality SnapOn or Craftsman should be pretty adequate.

Depending on what you want to do, and how much you want to spend. Most people build their tool chest based on the projects they have encountered, but the basic tools needed to do things like oil changes, brake pads, removing front/rear bumper will require:

3/8", and 1/4" socket drivers, with various regular and deep depth metric sockets, open end wrenches. Torx drive bolts are encountered fairly often, on occasion 12 Point/XZN drivers are needed (ie steering wheel.)

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