Hi all,
As posted in the main forum over the years, I acquired my 1980 911SC Targa RoW 8 years ago (180K Kilometers at that time), and soon discovered 1 broken lower head stud. Despite opinions to the contrary, I decided to keeping driving it, paying attention to changes in engine noise.
I have driven and loved this car ever since, but last summer the tell-tale sound appeared and decided to stop driving it. Had hoped to rebuild the engine over the winter, but a broken ankle modified that plan!
Total mileage now = 200K Kilometers, engine never opened up before.
Thought I would post some images here because I'm sure I will be looking for advice, and some might be interested to see what damage can be caused by driving with broken studs
Solo Extraction using motorcycle lift
Busy stable - one has to go!
Deep Creep is amazing - ZERO broken exhaust studs!
Note number of broken lower studs!
Heads from cylinders 1 to 3, after some gentle cleaning:
Heads, so far, don't look too bad, one small nick where one of the head gaskets is broken. Will probably need fly-cutting of all heads on that side.
Presently on vacation - will be removing the other bank when I return.
Only 200K Kilometers on this car - engine never opened before - my plan is to not split the crankcase...