20 April 2009 | Mechanical, Mechanical, Mechanical, Mechanical, Mechanical, Mechanical, SM IE, SM IE, SM IE, SM IE, SM IE
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 | Uncategorized
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...
19 July 2008 | Uncategorized
As planned, I worked on the air conditioning system. The goal was to replace the original compressor by a modern and more gentle one (for the timing chains), replace the drying cartridge and then try to put the system back in working order. smie_261I’m going to...
