TM 5-5420-278-100011 000011 00-7INTERIOR BAY CONTROLS AND INDICATORS (Contd)NOTELoosen bilge and drain plugs slowly toallow residual pressure to escape.DRAIN PLUG — With the bay folded, a single drain plug is removed fromeach of the four pontons to drain water. The drain ports are located at bothends on the bottom and can be accessed with the bay either loaded on thetransporter or off-loaded onto timbers. Each plug is threaded, is removed witha 19-mm wrench (refer to Item 5, WP 0070 00) by turning counterclockwise,and is retained by a small cable to prevent loss.BILGE PLUGS — With the bay unfolded, a single bilge plug is removed fromeach of the four pontons whereby water is to be pumped out using theportable bilge pump (refer to WP 0053 00). The bilge ports are located at bothends of the roadway on the top of each ponton, and can only be accessed withthe bay unfolded. Each bilge plug is threaded, is removed with the slotted endof a T-wrench (refer to Item 2, WP 0070 00) by turning counterclockwise, andis retained by a small cable to prevent loss.MLDRAIN PORTRETAININGCABLEBILGE PORTRETAININGCABLEINNERPONTON~LM
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