TM 9-2320-280-34
22-10.
AMBULANCE EXTERIOR BODY REPAIR (Cont'd)
g.
Left Lower Body Panel Repair
1.
Remove door weatherstrip (TM 9-2320-280-20).
2.
Disconnect battery ground cable (TM 9-2320-280-20).
3.
Remove backup light assembly (TM 9-2320-280-20).
4.
Remove tail lamp assembly (TM 9-2320-280-20).
5.
Scribe two lines (3) centered over thirteen rivets (5) on tail lamp housing bracket (2). Extend scribed
lines (3) a minimum of 1.00-in. (25.4 mm) onto body panels (1).
6.
Using a 0.187-inr (4.75 mm) drill, remove thirteen rivets (5) from tail lamp housing bracket (2) and body
panels (1). Remove tail lamp housing bracket (2).
7.
Remove adhesive residue and clean body panels (1). Do not remove scribed lines (3) marked in step 5.
8.
Position tail lamp housing bracket (2) on body panel (1) and transfer scribed lines (3) marked in step 5.
9.
Using scribed lines (3) marked in step 8, drill thirteen 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) diameter holes (4) in tail
lamp housing bracket (2).
10.
Remove litter stowage door (TM 9-2320-280-20).
11.
Scribe two lines (11) centered over sixty-seven rivets (14) and (7) on lower body panel (19). Extend
scribed lines (11) a minimum of 1.00-in. (25.4 mm) onto body panels (1).
12.
Using a 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) drill, remove eight rivets (7) from lower body panel (19) and body panels
(1).
13.
Using a 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) drill, remove fifty-nine rivets (14) from lower body panel (19) and body
panels (1).
14.
Remove lower body panel (19).
15.
Remove adhesive residue and clean body panels (1). Do not remove scribed lines (11) marked in step
11.
16.
Remove nineteen rivets (14) from litter stowage opening bracket (12) and lower body panel (19).
17.
Position lower body panel (19) on body panel (1) and transfer scribed lines (11) marked in step 11 onto
lower body panel (19). Remove lower body panel (19).
18.
Using scribed lines (11) marked in step 17, as a template, drill seven 0.125-in. (3.175 mm diameter
)
holes (9) in lower body panel (19).
19.
Using scribed lines (11) marked in step 17, drill fifty-nine 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) diameter holes (18) in
lower body panel (19).
20.
Using lower body panel (19) removed in step 14 as a template, position litter stowage opening bracket
(12) to mount holes (16) marked "A", locate, and mark twenty-three mount holes (16) marked "A" onto
litter stowage opening bracket (12). Remove litter stowage bracket (12).
21.
Drill twenty-three 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) diameter holes (16) in litter stowage opening bracket (12) marked
in step 20.
22.
Align mount holes (16) marked "A" on litter stowage opening bracket (12) and lower body panel (19).
23.
Using litter stowage opening bracket (12) as a template, locate, and drill eleven 0.187-in. (4.75 mm)
diameter holes (10) in lower body panel (19). Remove litter stowage opening bracket (12).
24.
Apply approximately 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) thickness of adhesive sealant to litter stowage opening
bracket (12) and lower body panel surface (19).
25.
Install litter stowage opening bracket (12) on lower body panel (19) mount holes (10) marked "B" with
eleven rivets (13).
26.
Install litter stowage door (TM 9-2320-280-20).
27.
Apply approximately 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) thickness of adhesive sealant to lower body panel (19), litter
stowage opening bracket (12), and body panels (1).
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