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That's super! A lot of the CECOM LAR did not feel like they needed the gage. And never ordered it. 99% of the D.S. (Direct Support) units never ordered it. Sadly, lots of units when confronted with a rack or IP problem, simply ordered an engine. Got to the point, there were NO cores to be found. They were all in scrap heaps and or forgotten in a crate in the Supply activity. No hurry sending it back in for rebuild. I once found 3 MEP-802A engines sitting in a open wooden box behind a motor pool, and the unit was down range. They had been there 3/4 year. It may not rain anyplace else in the world, but here in Germany it RAINS. So the rust had started on the engines. I boxed them up and almost had to point a pistol at the Supply Wiesels, to get them to return the cores.