Posts tagged 2CV
How to Make Sure Citroën 2CV is Trip Ready
May 28th
Just had a question from a gentleman who is traveling to the Citroën Rendezvous in Saratoga Springs, NY on Father’s Day weekend. He wanted a list of everything he should do to make his Citroën 2CV safe for the trip. This is my advise… a list of thing to check and do. More >
How To Tell if The Hydraulic System on Your Citroen is Contaminated
Mar 5th
Over the years I found that often times a Citroen would come into the shop or a person would send in a set of spheres to rebuild from a car that had a contaminated hydraulic system .
Always bad news to any Citroen owner, this can prove to be one of the most expensive single problems an owner of a Citroen can have. This includes 2CV s because I have seen the wrong fluid put into their hydraulic brake system too.
Back in the old days, the reason for contamination could mostly be blamed on confusion, for there was a period of time from 1966 to 1969 1/2 that cars being sold over here in the U.S. had LHS2 (Brake Fluid Based ) from the factory, while cars being sold in other parts of the world had LHM or (Mineral Based) fluid in them.
Over the years one thing led to another with many owners and people who really should not have been working on the cars putting in the wrong type of fluid.
What I am going to explain is the method I always used to tell if a system is contaminated with either Mineral fluid or Brake fluid. With this test we are talking about a Citroen with a complete hydraulic system , ie: brakes, steering, suspension etc.
Here’s a little video to show you how…
The video should have shown you the steps, but if you like to read them as well, here ya go. More >
Citroen 2CV Not Starting When Hot?
Dec 3rd
I recently got asked a question here about Citroen 2CV ’s
and decided to post on it, as many people have asked about
this over the years.
"My 2cv has become very hard to start when it is hot.
I recently replaced the points but on a second check
the gap and static timing seemed to be correct.
Can you suggest what I could look at?"
Here is what I know and what people who work on the cars
today are finding. More >
Suspension Units Modified in the Citroën “AK” Model Including 2CV
Sep 15th
Did you know… that after December 1968 Citroën modified the suspension units on the “AK” Model, including the 2CV. Following is the service bulletin update: More >
The Style of Flaminio Bertoni at Carlisle, PA. Meet…
May 25th
This last weekend was a real treat at the annual Citroen Club of North America meeting, which every year just happens to coincide with the Carlisle Import Kit/Replicar National Car Show. The year’s featured speaker for the club was Kim Walter and was it ever a treat!
Kim is a very accomplished Industrial Art and Design professor at the Pratt Institute in New York. More >