TM 9-2320-211-20
(2) Attach the base to the body with four
(3) Working inside the van, remove the cotter
panhead tapping screws.
from the rearward end of the rod, and separate
pin
(3) Attach the lens housing to the base with the
the rod from the handle.
two ovalhead machine screws.
(4) For the right-hand control rod only,
remove the cotter pin from the forward end of the
louver control rod. Separate the louver control rod
from the bracket on the door control rod.
a. Removal.
(5) Pull the rod rearward through the rubber
(1) Remove the cable reel canvas boot.
bellows seal. Exercise caution to prevent tearing the
(2) Remove the cotter pin from the reel outer
seal.
bearing support.
b. Installation.
(3) Unbuckle the strap holding the end of
(1) Working inside the van, push the hooked
cable to the reel.
end of the control rod through the rubber bellows
(4) Unreel the cable, and detach it from the
seal.
reel barrel.
(2) Insert the rearward end of the rod into the
b. Installation.
hole in the handle, and secure it with a cotter pin.
(1) Place the end of the cable into the hole in
(3) For the right-hand control rod only, insert
the reel barrel, reel the cable onto the barrel, and
the forward end of the louver control rod in the
secure the free end with a strap.
bracket on the door control rod. Secure it with a
(2) Lock the reel by inserting a cotter pin
cotter pin.
through the hole in the outer bearing support and
(4) Working outside the van, insert the hooked
the reel shaft.
end of the door control into the control rod clip on
(3) Cover the reel with the canvas boot.
the door.
2-272. Power Cable Reel
NOTE
When necessary to replace both rods at the
a. Removal. Remove the cotter pin from the
same time, unhook the rods from the rod
o u t e r reel bearing housing. Support the reel,
clips and prop the front door open with the
remove the nut, lockwashers, and bolts attaching
door support rod attached to the inner side
the bearing housings to the angle bars. Lower the
of the door.
reel to the ground.
2-269. Van Body Clearance and Blackout
b. Installation. Position the reel on the angle
Lamps
bars with the bearing housing bolt holes alined with
the holes in the angle bars. Attach the bearing
a. Removal.
housings to the angle bars with four hexagon-head
(1) Remove the two screws attaching the lens
bolts, lockwashers, and a hexagon nut.
housing to the base, and remove the housing.
(2) Press the lamp inward, turn it one-quarter
turn counterclockwise, and remove the lamp.
a. Removal.
b. Installation.
NOTE
(1) Press the lamp inward, turn it one-quarter
Inside jack posts are located on the van
turn clockwise.
ceiling panel at the left of the air con-
(2) Attach the lens housing to the base with
ditioning duct and on the van left rear
two ovalhead machine screws.
panel immediately below the fire ex-
tinguisher.
( 1 ) Remove the four screws attaching the
a. Removal.
jack-post box to the ceiling (or rear panel), and
(1) Remove the two screws attaching the lens
separate the box from the panel.
housing to the base, and remove the housing.
( 2 ) Remove the two screws attaching the
(2) Remove the four screws attaching the light
connecting wires to the jack posts, and disconnect
base to the body, and separate the base from the
the wires.
body.
(3) Remove the two nuts holding the jack
(3) Disconnect the bayonet type connectors
posts in the box, and remove the posts from the box
joining the base to the lighting harness cable, and
b. Installation.
remove the base. Mark the leads.
CUATION
b. Installation.
Be careful that the bare wires do not touch
(1) Connect the bayonet type connector in the
each other or any metallic van body
base to the lighting harness cable marked in a (3)
components.
above.
