My Citroen SM FELL off its axle stands and I missed it!

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@paulcarter7473
@paulcarter7473 23 күн бұрын
i cant have been the only plumber shouting "hold it with grips" as the condenser fitting was 'undone'. SM rapidly becoming my fav sunday night content, loving your work
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 22 күн бұрын
If I wanted to save the condenser I'd have tried harder, but I knew it would go in the bin anyway.
@Ragnar8504
@Ragnar8504 22 күн бұрын
I'm only a DIYer and did it.
@joopjansen9102
@joopjansen9102 22 күн бұрын
@@Ragnar8504 I'm not even a DIYer - still did it.
@mikes747
@mikes747 23 күн бұрын
That engine bay gives me the shivers everytime!
@endabutler7232
@endabutler7232 19 күн бұрын
@@mikes747 I was just about to write the very same comment 😁 Christ that's wasp nest scary.
@bondbug73
@bondbug73 22 күн бұрын
"I can't believe how easily that came undone!" New Up N Down SM merch slogan perhaps? 😄 Inspiring progress Rich. 👍
@stuarthannay3370
@stuarthannay3370 23 күн бұрын
"I can't believe that came undone" is rapidly becoming a catchphrase. Excellent progress Sir. It'll all be over by Christmas at this rate!
@ClassicCarDriver
@ClassicCarDriver 21 күн бұрын
Lovin' this series... been waiting a long time for it. Happy to share challenges and discoveries from my SM journey... Did I mention that I had an SM? 😄 Mat Armstrong eat your heart out... This is the rebuild of all rebuilds on KZbin!
@michaelwright2986
@michaelwright2986 23 күн бұрын
"Mildly ... mildly ..." and I was prompting "terrifying" every time. But it fell *away* from you, which suggests it's not resisting restoration very hard. So glad to see you gaining confidence as you spend more time delving into the SM's inner parts. Talking of entrails, when you first revealed the plumbing under the bonnet, I realised with a startling intensity why manufacturers are adopting digital controls and electric motors for power steering. Onwards and inwards.
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 22 күн бұрын
The hydraulics on old Citroens effectively did what electronics do today.
@michaelwright2986
@michaelwright2986 22 күн бұрын
@@UPnDOWN And, indeed, so did this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Machine : a hydraulic computer to model the economy of the UK. In an alternative reality, your laptop has green blood. Instead of restarting, change the LHM.
@joopjansen9102
@joopjansen9102 22 күн бұрын
@@UPnDOWN And reliantly so!
@Tagora2664
@Tagora2664 23 күн бұрын
More SM, Mr Kitch you are spoiling us. 😉
@mtttony
@mtttony 23 күн бұрын
Nice work,, coolant is a good sign,, Ok as for the steering rack, iv been watching CITROTHELLO rebulbing SM's and DS's and he appears to have a bolt on rack alignment tool for reassembly and it looks like it might be needed, so i would mark it up before disassembly just encase bud. So glad after all this time you are doing the SM,, when i was a in my 20s me and my mates would drive our CX's through to Edinburgh from Glasgow To outside the duchess of Monaco house, where her Black SM would sit, Park along side and stare in wonder.. And to this day i have always wanted an SM..
@mtttony
@mtttony 22 күн бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5nHqaaii5Wro9U
@mtttony
@mtttony 19 күн бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3bal6ioedVoqc0
@JasperV70-205CT-BX
@JasperV70-205CT-BX 23 күн бұрын
MEGA JIGGGGGG! 14:51 Thanks for the video Kitch, next Xmas you will be driving the SM at this rate!
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 22 күн бұрын
Yeah, not sure what to do with that now!
@deviatefishy
@deviatefishy 23 күн бұрын
I love SM videos so much. I also enjoy your videos on this Citroen.
@ianhighley-zo3es
@ianhighley-zo3es 23 күн бұрын
It’s really nice to see you starting on the SM. Looking forward to seeing how it evolves.
@JorgeFernandez-uc9qb
@JorgeFernandez-uc9qb 22 күн бұрын
I have faith that you will be all right with the metal work. It is extremely interesting how the car was put together
@Shane_Marsh
@Shane_Marsh 23 күн бұрын
Look forward to the Sunday SM content 👌🏻
@Hipas_Account
@Hipas_Account 23 күн бұрын
Tremendous pace with the project so far, putting that one foot in front of the other is what it's about. Wish I had the right set of means to get my projects along, but now that snow has fallen here in Finland, doing stuff outdoors is out of the question.
@joopjansen9102
@joopjansen9102 22 күн бұрын
This is so far different from your attempts to save Clement (which wasn't very clement at all, as it turned out) that it might actually jinx the process to utter another word. Keep it up man! Lovin' it!
@CaSuMog
@CaSuMog 23 күн бұрын
28:10 Take the auxiliary bridge out in one piece. Remove shaft, open some hoses, few bolts, take off bridge and put away.
@tomwinch9107
@tomwinch9107 23 күн бұрын
Great to see more parts come off without giving you too much grief! I love how your parts car is apart car ... the compact storage version of an SM!
@cx.silver.bullet
@cx.silver.bullet 23 күн бұрын
I think no sill/metal there is better than what Clement had :D Honest car!
@joopjansen9102
@joopjansen9102 22 күн бұрын
We have yet to come across any filler indeed!
@PaddyWV
@PaddyWV 16 күн бұрын
My odd brain is wondering how well you are cataloguing all the bits! Not to mention where they're all going to fit!! Amazing stuff! 👍
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 15 күн бұрын
Plastic bags, labels, shelving.
@Canalsman
@Canalsman 23 күн бұрын
Well done Kitch! Real progress... Compulsive viewing.
@CaSuMog
@CaSuMog 23 күн бұрын
27:10 Do not forget to check the area around the trailing arm for cracks around the welds. Common problem.
@The_Car_Stalker
@The_Car_Stalker 23 күн бұрын
Brilliant progress, really looking forward to this
@Shane_Marsh
@Shane_Marsh 22 күн бұрын
Waiting for the MEGA JIG 🙂
@grayfool
@grayfool 23 күн бұрын
A Citroen tech I worked with for a few months back in the seventies (yeah, I'm old) told me with a straight face that the SM wasn't really that complicated when you get down to it. Dear ol' Malcolm, a lovely bloke but not always entirely truthful. But he did drive a nice DS so he's alwight by me.
@gafrers
@gafrers 23 күн бұрын
Great to see a new video on the SM
@richardbaron7106
@richardbaron7106 23 күн бұрын
Any progress is progress - that is a REALLY complicated car 😱
@t2stu
@t2stu 23 күн бұрын
I had a Beetle fall off axle stands years ago. I talk about it in a video coming up in a few weeks. It still scares me to this day, some several decades later. And the purchase of the Bug brought it all back.
@Sid3300
@Sid3300 23 күн бұрын
I see Vecky is being put to good use as SM storage 🤣
@grumpytorque8905
@grumpytorque8905 23 күн бұрын
Love the SM resto vids
@CaSuMog
@CaSuMog 23 күн бұрын
19:43- many metal parts where chocolate brown in these beasts. You will find more.
@JFW5358
@JFW5358 23 күн бұрын
Getting interesting.
@MrButtonpresser
@MrButtonpresser 18 күн бұрын
5:39 BRB, I have a sudden urge to visit the lav...
@HowardLeVert
@HowardLeVert 23 күн бұрын
27:08 Oddly enough, I was watching an episode of the BBC 'Maigret' series with Rupert Davies in last night ("The Wedding Guest") and it was a rare occasion where Maigret turns up in a DS rather than his usual Traction Avant. The thing I noticed most about the DS was indeed, how much it dived when it stopped. Then paused.... and then righted itself. As an aside, how are Dumpit and Skit?
@Madpegasusmax
@Madpegasusmax 23 күн бұрын
it's progressing , that's a diravi direction system ? it's quite interesting . First time I drive one Citroen with diravi was a XM V6 24v , it was awkward at first , then you trust it and release the steering wheel to let go straight by it self ,great for parking
@CaSuMog
@CaSuMog 23 күн бұрын
the SM was the first car ever to feature the Diravi system…
@smhorse
@smhorse 22 күн бұрын
​@@CaSuMog: became standard on the CXs, but not on the Xm or any other Citroën.
@grumpy2.0
@grumpy2.0 23 күн бұрын
Fab video
@rimmersbryggeri
@rimmersbryggeri 23 күн бұрын
Is the "original" condenser anything other than a universal one. Seems like something that the americans would have uprated iven if there was an AC system there from factory back in the 60s 70s.
@matthewwhite7663
@matthewwhite7663 17 күн бұрын
keep doing what youre doing you are the Jack Dee of you tube
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 15 күн бұрын
My mate Sarah would laugh at this comment
@magomat6756
@magomat6756 22 күн бұрын
Its amassive beast.
@CaSuMog
@CaSuMog 23 күн бұрын
11:30 not sure about Diravi on manual cars ? I think you mix CX and SM here.
@SterkeYerke5555
@SterkeYerke5555 21 күн бұрын
Having driven a manual SM once I can confirm that they do have Diravi. Doesn't seem to work quite the same as a CX on either a manual or an automatic SM though. But it does feel similar to a CX when driving.
@BaronVonSkittle
@BaronVonSkittle 23 күн бұрын
To steal a bit from Regular Car Reviews: "The 1973 Citroën SM. The official car of 'how the *hell* did that come undone?!' "
@markscully2342
@markscully2342 16 күн бұрын
any repairs to the monocoque chassis are just fabrication and welding (easy) so long as you have all the mechanical parts.
@aslandama
@aslandama 19 күн бұрын
Starting to see the guts, what a complicated car though, defo not for the faint hearted!
@rimmersbryggeri
@rimmersbryggeri 23 күн бұрын
How s it that this seems less rusty than most cars less than half it's age I hava worked on?
@smhorse
@smhorse 22 күн бұрын
It didn't spend its life in the UK. That counts for a lot 😂
@rimmersbryggeri
@rimmersbryggeri 22 күн бұрын
@@smhorse It should have spent a decent amount of time on a gravel lot in the mid west though.
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 22 күн бұрын
Oh it is, just not where I'm working at the moment
@rimmersbryggeri
@rimmersbryggeri 20 күн бұрын
@@UPnDOWN If it wasnt rusty that would be strange. I just thought it would have been more rusty.
@lesklower7281
@lesklower7281 23 күн бұрын
You Citroen SM is responsible easy to strip down a bit of penetrative oil and the nuts and bolts come undone easily which actually cuts down on the dismantling time and l like the way with the dismantling of your SM you have an agenda and once you remove the radiator which was an easy removal you moved onto something else and 2 months time you will have the engine out and the more dismantling you do the easier removing other parts it gets easier
@Isayso1
@Isayso1 22 күн бұрын
All in all it seems to be in horrible shape but still a little less dead as Clement.
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 21 күн бұрын
Mmmm, I'll reserve judgement until I spin it over! That said, Clement was fixable, just not for me while I had the SM sat waiting.
@molsky13
@molsky13 22 күн бұрын
Sorry i have little faith in full restro 😵‍💫
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 22 күн бұрын
Thanks for your positivity!
@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars
@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars 22 күн бұрын
There is an earlier video on YT Rick, which I'm sure you would have seen....titled>> ''Is it wise to meet your heroes?''.
@NuttyAboutOldMGCars
@NuttyAboutOldMGCars 23 күн бұрын
Hang on , shouldn't it be able to be fully elevated and level on only one axle stand due to its unique suspension?
@James-ld2jc
@James-ld2jc 23 күн бұрын
How complicated can you make a car?
@joopjansen9102
@joopjansen9102 22 күн бұрын
Any Citroen engineer: "Hold my beer!"
@smhorse
@smhorse 22 күн бұрын
*looks at today's cars *
@gillscorner794
@gillscorner794 23 күн бұрын
I think it is possibly the most complex and unconventional car ever built, what were they smoking at citroen in the 60s?
@joopjansen9102
@joopjansen9102 22 күн бұрын
I don't know, but I would like to try it ;-)
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 12 күн бұрын
They genuinely believed there was no 'limit' to what you could make a car do, it was just a case of engineering it to be able to do anything you wanted.
@charliemansonUK
@charliemansonUK 23 күн бұрын
Kitch do you have a PO Box? So i can send something to you?
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 22 күн бұрын
I don't have a PO box sadly, no, but ping us an email and I'll send you the workshop address.
@markscully2342
@markscully2342 16 күн бұрын
don't you dare disable the air conditioning!
@UPnDOWN
@UPnDOWN 15 күн бұрын
Even if it doesn't go back in, it can be reinstated later on.
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