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Where to begin for the mechanically inept

OK here's what happened. I bought my '76 914 2 years ago and it ran great right up until a week ago. In the last 2 years I put 3000 mi on it. It's had 1 oil change and no valve adjustments (they were adjusted just before I got the car). A week ago I started it up and it ran rough. I let it warm up for a couple of minutes - no improvement. I began to drive it. I got about 2 blocks when it made a grinding sound and quit. The starter will not turn the engine over. In neutral the car was hard to push home. I am not mechanically inclined but I'm pretty sure whatever happened was probably pretty bad. The oil was down 1/2 qt and appeared still clean from the last change. Whaddaya think
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