9 Maintaining the FID
To Perform Maintenance on the FID Collector Assembly
Maintaining Your GC 153
10 Remove the collector and insulators.
a If needed, remove the collector and upper insulator from the FID housing. The lower
insulator may come out with the collector, but often remains in the FID housing. Place
the parts on a clean cloth.
b Remove the lower insulator with tweezers and place the parts on a clean cloth.
11 Remove the collector housing from the mount, if necessary.
12 Use tweezers to remove the gasket from the bottom of the housing.
The collector assembly is now completely disassembled. Reassemble as follows:
13 Use tweezers to install a new gasket onto the housing, being sure that it lays flat on the
brass surface.