Blue boxster resurrection project

[Homeoboxter]

Clutch off:



Rivets were running on the pressure plate. Perhaps still the original clutch set?






RMS leak, or both RMS&IMS?

[Homeoboxter]

Here`s a little more progress today on stripping the engine.
Mating engine with stand:





Opossum-damage, close-ups:




Thick oil-mud on the heads:



Sophisticated method to prevent steering pump shaft from spinning:



Stripped:




We`ll take a peek into the engine next time.

[Homeoboxter]

Few more pics for today. Taking off the oil pump cover:



Pump is in decent condition.



So is this chain guide.



Let`s move to head 1-2-3.



Oops, what`s left of this chain guide does not seem as good as the long rail. Actually, it came all the way from the other side.



Another piece landed here:



The chain guide for head 1-2-3 is intact.



Getting the head off.



Here we go.

[Homeoboxter]

This is a bit kind of puzzling: the valves were hitting the pistons, but not on the side where the chain guide was totally missing so the timing was off but on the other side (1-2-3).



What I can think of is that the chain guard got chewed up by the timing chain resulting in jumping a tooth? What an unfortunate coincidence...