1 June 2009 | Mechanical, Mechanical, Mechanical, Mechanical, Mechanical, SM IE, SM IE, SM IE, SM IE, SM IE, SM IE
The parts I was waiting for arrived quite quickly, with special thanks to the French SM Club. I’m far but I’ll have to finally find a way to meet these people who help us to maintain and restore our cars. Thanks again for your support. smie_437I start with...
20 April 2009 | Uncategorized
I call my friend Philippe for help to remove the engine and gearbox. They came out without too much trouble. I just thought I could let the first exhaust pipes in place but we had to remove the right side pipe, this part was quite difficult. smie_329Here is the...
18 March 2009 | Uncategorized
Still on the same timing chain intervention, my main goal is to remove this annoying water pump cover. After a few “soft” solutions, I then tried more “violent” ones. Here are some of them with pictures: smie_303This is a home made extraction...
8 February 2009 | Uncategorized
Winter is here so I forget the air conditioning system for a while to do some more consequent work. In fact, even after the replacement of both secondary timing chains and the valve adjustment done last year (see previous page), this SM still makes a annoying noise...
24 August 2008 | Mechanical
Because of the leak discovered earlier when testing the circuit, and following the advice of the specialist I saw, I decided to replace all the pipes, hoping to fix the leak and increase the system reliability. smie_283I start with the connections close to the...
