[jwill911]

Thanks for all the info. Yes my car has the original clutch and the release shaft bearing upgrade hasn't been done. The clutch is still good and the clutch action is still fairly smooth but you can feel very slight binding, and I've known about that for a long time. So the ring gear will be added to the list. I'll be looking at a pretty expensive job when the time comes. I also will be needing an top end rebuild. My car is one of the early valve guide failure Carreras. Oil usage is still reasonable ~350-400 miles /quart total mileage is ~57K. Oil usage started increasing early @~30K and has leveled off since ~40K.

Thanks again for the many responses, I suspected the ring gear was getting chewed up. It just sounds like that. Kind of like a really big course dentist's drill working on those teeth. ouch!!

Still a great car, even if it IS brown.