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The pad was bare. They actually put a piece of masking tape over the pad when the engine was painted.

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What was their reasoning for keeping it bare? Why did they go to this effort?

Thanks.

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Stamping on a painted surface can be "messy". We stamp steel, brass and aluminum with serial, model #s, etc.

I'm sure an engineer specified the pad be masked, along with the other parts, and that is the way the procedure was written up. You can also bet that numerous blocks had the tape ommitted, fall off, etc and the stamping was done through the paint.

Attached is a pad photo of a low mile, never repainted L78. The pad was not painted at Tonawanda.
Dave