In sweltering 28-degree heat I try to fix my Citroen. Watch as I make several stupid mistakes, try to dispense useful advice and start every sentence with the word 'So...'.
Glad you found it helpful. The fan can still be a bit tricky to remove, especially if it hasn't been off in a while, but my method has always worked eventually. The key is to put a dab of grease on the taper before putting the fan back on and to keep servicing the car regularly, which means taking the fan off quite a bit. Good luck with the Mehari!
What a really Great Video. I am here in San Antonio Texas and I have a 2CV that won't idle correctly. The cr dies out unless I leave the Choke pulled out. So I was wondering if maybe the points might be bad. I found your video and really learned a lot. Thank You
Great video, love the disarming honesty! Only one question/mild criticism - In which direction did you make the correction by one tooth to compensate for modern petrol? This was not quite clear to me.
Glad you liked the video - the 'disarming honesty' approach saves on editing time! You have to set the timing point slightly later than specified to run on modern petrol - set it so the official timing mark on the flywheel is slightly to the right of the mark on the housing, usually 1 or 1.5 teeth
you remove the bolt in the middle of the fan, take a small pipe that fits into that hole. Put it in and tap on the end with a hammer (not too strong to brake it but not to weak either...) dothis in every direction alternating -> left.. right...up...down...etcetc you get the point that should work
Yep. Both plugs fire at the same time, so on one cylinder the plug will fire at the top of the compression stroke (as normal) and the other will fire at the top of the exhaust stroke, when the cylinder is 'empty' so nothing happens. Quite common on simple two-cylinder engines. The alternative would be to have a distributor or twin coils/magnetos.
