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stripped off the head and barrels on side 1& 2. silky smooth bores and lots and lots of vertical lines. bugger.

I took off the head and barrels from side 1 & 2. The bores are silky smooth with lots of vertical lines. not scratches. the rings have done less than 5000 miles.

Today I'll be stripping down the side of 1 & 2. to inspect the barrells.

All sorts of attempts to find the noise have failed. i'm hoping it's a barrell / piston issue. if not i think it will be a main bearing.

I've ruled out the fan rubbing. not a single mark on it or the case.

Thanks for the tip. i hadn't thought of that, will check it.

Does it say heritage above the crest on the centre cap?

i have those, bought from jbm wheels? and mine are starting to go in a few places under the clear on the rim. mine is garaged too.

I've had a squeal coming from the engine for a while. it's usually at low revs or when accelerating from stand still. I thought (hoped) it was the alternator belt but it isn't. It sounds like dry metal on metal. The only thing i can think of is piston rings scraping. I don't have loss of power or mu...

I found just the plates themselves. The part number below are for a 2.0 1974. as usual some parts are the same but some differ. if your car is different please check to confirm. These are available from porsche themselves. i bought 2 front and 2 rear for £28. front clips 90135191616 rear clips 31161...

i fitted a new fan belt. hopefully no more embarassing squealing. i also fitted the refreshed caliper and then took it back off again

after the recent binding rear brake i've refreshed the caliper and refitted it today. However the spring clips that sit on top of the pads and held in place by the pins through the pads has seemingly become weak and is no longer pushing the pads apart. I've found a full set on design 911 at £38. Any...

I finally got it running again. the motor sounds good and hopefully the horrible screech will have gone now that i adjusted the fan belt.

Just waiting fot the salt to leave the roads and out we go

I finally got around to repairing the push rod tube seals and fitting the retaining spring. will be doing the other side next weekend.

Hopefully i can then go for a trouble free drive again.

It's had its butt in the air since july 22!!!

after mashing my door mirror even more when the push rod tubes blew out i thought I'd have a look. Stripped it down and beat it up a bit. Really pleased with the outcome. couple of little dink marks that you need to look closely for. Just need to have a mooch around halfords for something i can cut ...

Thanks for all the info. I rebuilt the top end 4 years ago, using what was fitted. There's no retainer wire. I had the engine on a bench and put the heads on after the tubes were seated in the crank housing. Lesson learned. do more research! Nice little fix for me to put right. ordered some loctite ...