the gasket 26 in place within the interior periphery 24 of the frame 12 when the gasket 26 is a leak test gasket having a radially extending test stem 27 the gasket 26 is oriented within the frame 12 so that the extending stem 27 is positioned within the slit 20 of the handle shaft 16 as shown in fig4 and 5 the use of the combination of the insertion apparatus 10 and a gasket 26 fitted within the frame 12 as described herein will allow a diver to effectuate the placement of the gasket 26 between the connection flanges 30 of pipeline segments 32 using only two alignment pins 35 and without having to place his hands or fingers between the flanges 30 this will allow the diver to place and position the gasket 26 in the desired location without having to connect most of the bolts that make up the connection flanges the apparatus 10 is used by placing a gasket 26 onto the interior periphery 24 defined by the frame 12 so that the gasket 26 is retained within the periphery 24 of the frame 12 in a push frictional fit the teeth 22 around the interior periphery 24 of the frame 12 serve to increase this frictional fit and hold the gasket 26 in place a.