b.
Personnel/time required.
1-2 soldiers/1.0-6.0 hours
c.
Materials/tools. Gasket material such as:
Leather
Used gasket
Cardboard
Telfon tape (item 21, appx C)
Silicone gasket sealer (item 2, appx c)
Permatex type sealer (item 14, appx c)
d.
Procedural Steps:
(1)
Option 1: Manufactured gasket.
(a)
Cut leather, cardboard or other material to fit the mating surfaces.
1
Hold gasket against mating surface and mark an outline of the component, cut the material
with a knife or shears.
2 Hold material against mating surface. Tap the gasket material with a ballpeen hammer along
the edges of the mating surfaces to remove unwanted gasket material.
(b)
Coat the gasket with a sealing compound.
(c)
Join components and bolt.
(2)
Option 2: Used gaskets.
(a)
Coat mating surface with sealing compound.
(b)
Place used gasket or sections or broken gasket onto mating surface.
(c)
Coat other mating surface with gasket sealer.
(d)
Join components and bolt.
(3)
Option 3: Gasket sealer.
(a)
Remove old gasket material and residue.
(b)
Coat mating surfaces with silicone gasket sealer.
(c)
Allow silicone sealer to form a skin (10 to 15 minutes).
(d)
Join components and bolt.
(4)
Other options: Continue operation, refilling fluids as required.
Record the BDAR action taken. When the mission is completed, as soon as practicable, repair the generator using
standard maintenance procedures.
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