DS 19 OPERATION No. DS 330-1 : Work on the gearbox. Op. DS 330-1 189
TOOLS
29 To fit the radiator
a) Place the rubber blocks in the cups on the crossmember.
b) Offer up the radiator and put the distance pieces in position on the plates on the radiator, the longer on the
right-hand side.
c) Fit the expansion chamber bracket. Fit the screws fixing the radiator and the bracket.
d) Centralise the radiator so that the blades of the fan do not touch the cowling. Position the plate fixing the
pressure regulator.
e) Tighten the fixing screws of the expansion chamber, radiator and pressure regulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14 mm box spanners
30 Put the cable harness tube in position (cars produced before February 1957). Provisionally fix the wire and the
earthing wire together with the left-hand plate of the tube on the gearbox cover.
31 Put the pressure control valve in position. Connect the pipe between the pump and the pressure control valve,
to the pressure control valve (spanner 2220-T, see Pl. 72, fig. 4 or 14 mm spanner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spanner 2220-T or
14 mm spanner
12 mm box spanner
32 Fit the battery support. Fit the collars fixing the fluid reservoir. Pass the feed pipe for the high pressure pump
through the rubber grommet in the radiator tie-rod, then in the rubber collar on the water pipe and through
the rubber grommet on the battery support, then to the reservoir unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12 mm box spanners
33 Fit the expansion chamber. Fit the clip fixing the exhaust downpipe. Make sure that there is a clearance of 5 mm
between the radiator and bracket.
34 Fit the battery. Fit the protection plate. Connect the cables to the terminals of the battery and starter motor.
Tighten the screw fixing the earth lead and the cable harness tube on the gearbox cover (cars produced
before 1957). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 mm spanner
12 mm box spanner
8-14mm box spanners
35 Couple up the accelerator control to the carburettor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 mm box spanner
36 Refill the gearbox 3~ pints (2 litres) (SAE 90 EP oil).
Refill the radiator. Open the vane of the heater control and unscrew the bleed screw (46) (see Pl. 125) in order
to eliminate the air.
37 Unscrew the bleed screw of the pressure control valve. Start the engine and tighten the bleed screw in order to
put the systems under pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 mm spanner
38 Fit the wheels. Tighten the screws to 108 to 144 ft/lbs (15 to 20 m.kg).
39 Bleed the front brakes (see Op. DS 453-0).
Note : do not spill fluid on the brake shoes.