DS 19 OPERATION No. DS 330-1 Work on the gearbox. Op. DS 330-1 185
TOOLS
REPLACEMENT OF A GEARBOX
Removal.
1 Hold the bonnet open (stop MR-4158, see Pl. 16, fig. 1).
Drain the water cooling system (save this water which contains anti-freeze).
Put the front of the car on stands, supporting the car under the jacking points (jacking bracket 2505-T, . . . . . Stop MR-4158
see Pl. 168). Jacking bracket 2505-T
21 mm spanner
2 Remove the spare wheel, the spare wheel support, the air deflection panel, the heater hoses, the front wings,
the brake cooling ducts and the steering relay protection shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12-14mm box
spanners
3 To release the pressure (see Pl. 50).
Loosen the bleed screw (107) on the pressure control valve (108).
Connect a rubber pipe on the bleed screw of the front left-hand brake. This screw is situated on the hydraulic
control, on the carburettor. Raise the attaching plate holding the return spring of the slow running control lever
(see Pl. 28, fig. 2).
Put the end of the pipe in the fluid reservoir.
Unscrew the bleed screw (30) (spanner 2141-T, see Pl. 143, fig. 4).
Press on the brake pedal until the fluid no longer flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spanner 2141-T
8 mm spanner
4 Disconnect and remove the battery.
Disengage the battery tie-rods from the bracket, rest the tie-rod and starter solenoid on the sidemember.
Remove the battery bracket, disconnect the bonnet lock control cable from the control rods on the scuttle and
remove the bracket and cable assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 mm spanner
8 mm box spanner
5 Remove the expansion chamber with its bracket (L.H. drive cars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14mm box spanners
6 Disconnect the high pressure pump feed pipe from the reservoir.
Disconnect the rubber inlet and outlet pipes from the radiator.
Remove the radiator tie- rod. Remove the screws fixing the radiator on the crossmember. Remove the radiator.
Remove the headlamp harness tube, the cable and the earth lead (cars produced before February 1957) . . . . . 8-12-14 mm box
spanners
7 Remove the steering (see Pl. 125). Mark (with a spot of paint) at “b”, the angular and transverse position of the
steering in relation to the bearing caps.
Mark also the position of the steering column in relation to the pinion (mark with a centre punch or a spot of
paint opposite the slot at “a”).
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