CITROEN DS 19 - Page 129

DS 19 OPERATION No. DS 175-1 Work on the petrol tank. Op. DS 175-1 127
TOOLS
30 Remove the right-hand rear wing and the side protection panel. Clean the working area carefully . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14 mm box spanners
31 Remove the tank air pipe and air vent pipe fixing collars on the wheel arch.
Turn back the clips retaining the air vent pipe on the wheel arch. Remove the pipe and the rubber protection
rings from the pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 mm box spanner
32 Remove the fixing screws of the rear vent pipe cup and remove the rear cup and gasket. Remove the gasket from
the front cup.
33 Disconnect the flexible pipe between the air pipe and the filler pipe of the tank from the air pipe. Remove the
air pipe and air vent pipe assembly from the rear of the car.
NOTE - On cars produced before February 1958, the air pipe and the air vent pipe (metallic) are assembled with a
rubber sleeve.
Assembly.
34 Engage the front end of the air pipe in the hole in the rear closing panel of the right-hand sidemember.
Make sure that the rubber guide rings are in position.
Connect the air pipe to the flexible pipe to the tank. Fit a Ligarex clip (pliers 2483-T, see Pl. 17, fig. 2) . . . . Pliers 2483-T
35 Connect the rear end of the air pipe to the flexible connection pipe of the filler pipe of the tank. Fit a Ligarex clip
(pliers 2483-T, see Pl. 17, fig. 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pliers 2483-T
36 Fit the air pipe fixing clips on the wheel arch panel. Tighten the nuts (plain and spring washers) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 mm box spanner
37 Place the rear cups of the air vent pipe in position and insert the rubber joints.
Tighten the nut moderately on the fixing screw (plain washer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 mm box spanner
38 Fit the tank fixing collar, tighten the nut (plain and spring washer).
Fit the rubber protectors for the air vent pipe, turn down the retaining clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 mm box spanner
39 Fit the side protection panel, insert the rubber protectors for the air vent pipe. Tighten the screws and nuts
fixing the panel (plain and spring washers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14mm box spanners
40 Fit the petrol tank cover plate. Tighten the fixing screws (plain washers under the heads).
Glue the siderail trimming on the cover plate (Glutafix T, sold by Etablissements Beissier, 125, rue de Reuilly,
Paris 12e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 mm box spanner
41 Replace the rear seat and squab.