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AMBULAN CE EXTERIOR BODY REPAIR (Cont'd)
d.
Rear Roof Panel Repair
1. Remove door weatherstrip (TM 9-2320-280-20.)
2. Remove left rear corner roof panel (para. e.) (M
3. Scribe two lines (9) centered over rivet (15) marked "B" on drip rail (10). Extend scribed lines a minimum of
1.00-in. (25.4 mm) into right rear corner roof panel (8).
4. Using a 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) drill, remove rivet (15) marked "B" from drip rail (10) and right rear corner roof
panel (8).
5. Scribe two lines (4) centered over twenty-seve n rivets (3) onto rear roof panel (17). Extend scribed lines a
minimum of 1.00-in. (25.4 mm) onto body panels (1).
6. Using a 0.125-in (3.175 mm) drill, remove twelve rivets (12) from rear roof panel (17) and body panels (1).
7. Using a 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) drill, remove fifteen rivets (3) from a rear roof panel (17) and body panels (1).
NOTE
The ten rivets that secure the rear roof panel to horizontal support
braces are not visible because they are covered by body panels.
8. Separate body panels (1) from rear roof panel (17).
9. Scribe ten lines marked 'A" onto exterior side of body panels (1) and center punch locations marked 'A".
10.Drill ten 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) diameter pilot holes through body panels (1) marked "A" in step 9.
11.Using a 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) drill, remove ten rivets (6) marked "A" in steps 9 and 10 from rear roof panel
(17) and body panels (1).
12.Remove rear roof panel (17).
13.Remove adhesive residue and clean body panels (1). Do not remove scribed lines (4) and "A" marked in
steps 5 and 9.
14.Position rear roof panel (17) on body panels (1) and transfer scribed lines (4) and 'A" marked in steps 5 and
9. Remove rear roof panel (17).
15.Using scribed lines (4) marked in step 14, drill twelve 0.125in (3.175 mm) diameter holes (13) in rear roof
panel (17).
16.Using scribed lines (4) and "A" marked in step 14, drill twenty-five 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) diameter holes (7) in
rear roof panel (17).
17.Apply approximately 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) thickness of adhesive sealant to rear roof panel (17) and body
panels (1).
18.Install rear roof panel (17) on body panels (1) with twelve rivets (11), ten rivets (5), and fifteen rivets (2).
19.Install left rear corner roof panel (para. e)
20.Using rear drip rail (10), locate, mark, and drill nine 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) diameter holes in rear drip rail (10).
21.Position rear drip rail (10) on holes (9) marked "B" on rear corner roof panels (8). Using rear drip rail (10) as
a template, transfer seven hole locations (14) onto roof panel (17). Remove rear drip rail (10).
22.Drill seven 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) diameter holes (14) marked in step 21.
23.Apply approximately 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) thickness of adhesive sealant to rear drip rail (10) and rear roof
panel (17).
24.Install rear drip rail (10) on rear roof panel (17) with nine rivets (16).
25.Spot paint rear roof panel (17), rear corner roof panel (8), rear drip rail (10), and body panels (1) (TM 43-
0139.)
26.Apply wicking sealant to rivets (2), (4), and (11).
27.Install door weatherstrip (TM 9-2320-280-20.)
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