24-05-2022, 10:50 AM
I fixed the leak in a plastic bath by running superglue into the crack. Surface tension sucked it in. The plastic was backed by chipboard. It withstood hot water and the weight of someone showering. Don't know how it stands up to petrol though.
To digress, Citroen used to love M7, head is 11mm. There are more M7s on the Citroen SM than any other thread. A bit difficult to get nowadays. Not as bad as the M9 they used for attaching the gearbox to the engine. They are unobtainable new. The only one I found with an internet search was a special bolt used on Lambretta exhausts.
Fortunately I was able to do a swap of bolts for some tappet shims.
I phoned Barry, the SM specialist, and he just happened to have the bolts I needed in his hand having just removed them from a Citroen DS.
To digress, Citroen used to love M7, head is 11mm. There are more M7s on the Citroen SM than any other thread. A bit difficult to get nowadays. Not as bad as the M9 they used for attaching the gearbox to the engine. They are unobtainable new. The only one I found with an internet search was a special bolt used on Lambretta exhausts.
Fortunately I was able to do a swap of bolts for some tappet shims.
I phoned Barry, the SM specialist, and he just happened to have the bolts I needed in his hand having just removed them from a Citroen DS.
Jim