November 28, 2019 – Cold Start Injector Fix (I guess it never gets cold in Naples, Italy!)

In the last few weeks, as temperatures have dropped a bit, the SM has become increasingly difficult to start when cold. In Septmember, I diagnosed a sticky Auxiliary Air Valve and replaced it with a new one which helped, but…now that the temperatures are in the 40s (degrees F) – it has become difficult to […]

October 8, 2019 – D-Jetronic Trigger Points Replacement

With the SM running quite nicely over the 2500 miles since the engine rebuild, I have been making incremental improvements with respect to tuning and setup of the injection system. Lately, I have been doing research related to adjusting the fuel mixture seeing if I could (or should) make any additional adjustments to get it […]

October 30, 2019 – Odometer Jackpot Milestone!

When I started reviving the SM – the odometer showed 96,019 km… After getting the SM back on the road in May, 2019 – I have put approximately 4,000km on it which means the odometer just rolled over back to all zeros: Feels great to have it running so nicely that I can put […]