[porschesandwich]

3.0 Liter from a 79 911 had only 55K on it and great compression when started leaking oil. Parked it for a few years, and when took it out found that piston 3 and five had low compression. Mechanic said it would be more expensive to have him figure out the problem than to send it to MotorMeister for a complete $5,000 rebuild. I believed him although I felt he should have just taken off the heads and looked at it first. It went of to CA where, after a $2000 deposit, Motor Meister took the entire thing apart and went out of business. Motor came back and is in a box in pieces. The head studs all look fine. Don't know what to do. My mechanic, does not feel competent enough to put it back together, and everyone I ask tells me I should not try. I have a decent shop, and a buddy who is a decent mechanic, but am a bit scattered and have a lot of projects going on. Could really use someone local who knows how this all should go and wants to put one of these things back together, possibly in my shop, or a mechanic who looks at this engine like it is no big deal. I am not on a budget, but would rather this not cost as much as I paid for the car $10,000. I already have $2,600 in. Ironically, I am fairly certain that there was really not much wrong with the motor when this saga began. Help!