1964 Citroen DS 19 engine start
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- This winter has been long and full of intricate DS details. The days came and the days went, one by one, in a seemingly endless procession and every single day something got done on this Citroen engine. "Winter will end some day and this engine will run" I thought to myself. Now that day is here.
This engine was stuck from sitting and quite a nasty mess inside. I replaced the pistons and jugs as well as all the other normal stuff associated with an engine rebuild. Modifications include a 123 electronic distributor, a gear reduction starter and a small alternator (Chevy mini Denso). The starter is a new unit from a Traction Avant. II modified it to fit, and it is a very tight fit indeed. Normally I like to keep everything stock, but the original parts were beyond saving easily and having brand new units in these three key areas is a good idea. I am still a little worried about the new starter. It has nine teeth on a smaller driving gear than the DS starter, which has ten. Tooth engagement to the ring gear seems to be exactly the same. So time will tell. (Starter still working fine Dec 2018)
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It idles so smooth!
What a beauty!
Stunning job.. looks better than new!
Im gathering parts for my 64 id19 restoration and am wondering was it a lot of work changing to the green fluid, and do you get a worth while improvement ? Regards, Chris from New Zealand.
Thank you for the comment. I only changed to green fluid because all the hydraulics needed to be rebuilt anyway. So, yes it is a major undertaking as every hydraulic seal needs to be changed! I've been told that the green fluid is better as it is noncorrosive and provides better lubricating qualities, other than that I do not think there is a substantial advantage. I wish you the best with your project, it is quite an adventure. The only thing I do not like about my 64 DS is the steering. I am considering installing a rack from an SM, but it is a complicated conversion. I also own an SM and the steering is wonderful.
nice car, you can see you've put alot of work into the old girl and possibly dropped a fair few bucks on it. Sweet! edit red fluid not black! Love the dash.
Thanks! Yes . . silly amounts of money spent, but at least I've got something to show for it :-) and I understand the hydraulics now so I'm not afraid of my SM.
Nice work! Sounds great!
Thanks! It looks like you have the same year. Very nice.
Matter of fact, a 1963! 😀
Wow!! Just like mine!! Even mine's in need of an engine block, I bought it in 2014 but the engine is blocked and the block itself is cracked.... Plus it hasn't worked since 1983... Big project even being complete and not rusty.
The early engines are much harder to get parts for. I did not know this at the beginning. It is much easier to restore a post 1965 car. I'm driving this car every day now and it is really nice. Good luck to you.
@@Porsche9elfer I've got some friends where I live that also own DS's and daily drive them, one is a "prefecture" and the other a DSpecial, you're so lucky as you say they're really nice. I'm not restoring mine by now, it is just sitting in the garage as I bought another one for parts, the engine was what I wanted and they told me it worked. After having paid for it and the car got home.. I found out the engine was rusty even inside and stuck, I felt really bad and could never get my money back plus lots and lots of problems, and all of that made me tired of the car, as I lost quite some money in that.... So I changed my plans completely and bought a '58 Plymouth which I also loved and I'm now about to finish... But the Ds is there... I guess I'll fix it as well sooner or later.
@@riejurv50 That's too bad :( This engine was stuck and rusty as well. It was problematic to get some parts but I lucked out and searched a lot to find things. I really wanted a two headlight car but in retrospect I should have restored a 66 or 67. Are you thinking of selling the car? I could always use a parts car if you were nearby. I'm in New England.
@@Porsche9elfer You can find nearly everything for those cars in France or Germany, even everything is quite expensive, I guess later Ds's are easier to restore and to keep. About selling the car... I've thought about selling it sometimes, but i've never been really convinced to do so... Anyway I'm not exactly near you, I'm from Catalonia hahahaha
@@Porsche9elfer Well, Finally someone has found an engine block from France, I've got my engine fully dissasembled to completely rebuild, hope I'll finally be able to get it back on the road as well!!!