Gems Lattner, Instruction Manual

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Lattner Boiler Company
Instruction Manual – WLF Models
February 2005
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Easy Topog-E
®
Boiler Installation Instructions
1. Remove old gasket and thoroughly clean the surface on boiler and on cover plate.
Sometimes it is necessary to buff each surface.
2. Place Topog-E® Gasket on handhole cover plate. Be sure the gasket is pushed down
tight on the plate. Do not use any grease, lubricant, or adhesive.
3. After cover plate is in boiler and gasket is in place, make one last cleaning swipe of the
mating surface in the boiler. Use a rag wrapped around your finger.
4. Set crab, then center plate in opening and tighten nut enough to give a snug fit. Then,
snug up with 1/4 turn of wrench.
SPECIAL NOTES:
•
If gasket leaks while pressure is being built up, tighten only enough to stop leakage.
Never over-compress a gasket.
•
Gaskets on the bottom of a boiler shell are usually hard to install without leaking
because particles of scale or sand tend to run down onto the mating surface between
the time the surface is cleaned and the handhole cover plate is put into place ready
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