Figure 8-14. Installing first intermediate bottom section

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1. FIRST INTERMEDIATE BOTTOM SECTION

2. FIRST BOTTOM SECTION

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Figure 8-14. Installing first intermediate bottom section.

(4) Install finger-tightened nuts on bolts (3, fig. 8-

12) as in b (2) above. Install finger-tightened nuts on

bolts in the lap seam at intervals of about 18 inches.

NOTE

Do not tighten nuts beyond finger tightness

Each section must move when adjusting the

tank bottom to obtain correct spacing for

installation of the last section.

d. Installing

Remaining

Intermediate

Bottom

Sections.

(1) Refer to c above, and install remaining

intermediate sections.

1. WEDGE GASKET

2. BOTTOM ADAPTER PLATES

(2) At one point in the installation of bottom

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sections, four plates are joined where the lap seam in

Figure 8-15. Wedge gaskets installed at joining point of

the sections coincides with the lap seam of the bottom

four plates

adapter plates (2, fig. 8-15). At this point install two

wedge gaskets (1) to fill the spaces between section and

plate.

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