More than a few Citroen SMs have succumbed to fire. On carburetted SMs, fires can start from leaking or overflowing carburetors. On injected SMs, the original Bosch injectors were defective and leaked fuel! Moreover, with the injected cars, there are a number of rubber fuel hoses in the engine bay which are known to rupture […]

Read More September 13, 2021 – Fire Suppression Equipment

Back in 2020, I cleaned and lubricated a number of original SM clocks. I have found that sometimes they simply aren’t revivable – other times, they can be revived but eventually fail again. I wanted to see about swapping out the mechanism with a quartz unit and found a description of the process on the […]

Read More September 8, 2021 – Quartz Clock Mechanism SWAP