ENGINE MODIFED?...
 2 WAYS TO TELL
 Ever so often it becomes a problem
deciding if an engine has had a modifi-
cation applied to it. Particularly when
the engine, or the entire vehicle, is a
replacement item.
 Well, there are two quick ways to
tell... by data plate and log book.
 First, TB ORD 1030 (Oct 63) shows
the "Installation and Use of Overhaul
and Overhaul/MWO Data Plates." So,
in the case of a modified engine, a data
plate like the one on page 2 of the TB
should be staring back at you from the
engine block.
 For backup, your vehicle log book
should contain a separate DA Form
2408-5 MWO Record for the engine
only, showing a completed entry de- the engine itself
scribing the same modification, modification. Bu
 If both the data plate and MWO job, you'll just h
entry were overlooked, you can eyeball gine shop that di


 ANP ALSO
 NOTE IT IN,
THE VEHICLES
LOG BOOK.


to hunt for an outside
t if it was an internal
lave to contact the en-
d the work to find out.


 BLEEDER VALVE SWITCH RE--
 VALVE
 Look on page 438 in TM 9 8024
(Oct 55) and )ou'll see a picture that /
may not be worth a thousand words ,
but it's worth 20 real important words:
 \\heeIl-Q'linder-bleeder-valve-must- HYDRAULIC
be-installed-in-top-hole hydraulic- IAKE
brake-line must be- connected-to- the VALVE
-bottom-hole.
 Some guys have been switching 'em job of bleeding. The bleeder valve and
around the other way. the hydraulic line have got to be in
 What happens is, when the bleeder the right place to do a good job of
valve is on the bottom you'll do a bum getting all the air from the line.