A DC10-30 WITH LOG RPT OF #3 REVERSER LIGHT AND CLRED BY MAINT WITH 'COULD NOT DUPLICATE' RPT. PUSHED OFF GATE AND HAD #3 REVERSER LIGHT FLASH. INCURRED DELAY WHILE REVERSER WAS LOCKED IN FORWARD THRUST.

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UPON REACHING THE ACFT; ALL 3 PLTS REVIEWED BOTH THE ACFT LOGBOOK AND THE CABIN LOGBOOK AND FOUND ALL PREVIOUS WRITE-UPS CLRED BY ZZZZ MAINT PERSONNEL. THE ACFT HAD A CURRENT RELEASE AND NO OPEN ITEMS. THERE WAS A CLRED ITEM ON THE #3 ENG. THE SIGNOFF WAS THAT MAINT COULD NOT DUPLICATE ON THE GND AND THE ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR SVC. AFTER A NORMAL START AND TAXI OUT TOWARDS RWY 1L FOR DEP; I NOTICED A FLASH OF A LIGHT (AMBER) IN THE VICINITY OF THE #2 OR #3 REVERSERS; BUT COULD NOT POSITIVELY IDENT WHICH ENG. WE DISCUSSED THE LIGHT AND THE FACT THAT THE PREVIOUS CREW HAD A PROB WITH THE #3 REVERSER. AT THAT TIME; THE LIGHT FLASHED AGAIN; AND WE COULD POSITIVELY IDENT IT AS #3 REVERSE PRESSURE AMBER. WE STOPPED THE ACFT WITH THE CONSENT OF GND CTL AND CONTACTED MAINT VIA RADIO AND ALSO MAINT IN ZZZ VIA COMMERCIAL RADIO. MAINT SAID TO CYCLE THE #3 REVERSER; AND IF ALL LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED; WE WERE GOOD TO GO! DURING THIS PROCESS; ALL 3 OF US BEGAN A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RECENT CONCERN OVER THE DC10-30 REVERSERS AND THE FACT THAT I THOUGHT THAT UNLESS THERE WAS A POSITIVE FIX AFTER A WRITE-UP; THE REVERSER HAD TO BE LOCKED OUT. JUST ABOUT THAT TIME; THE COMMERCIAL RADIO MESSAGE RETURNED FROM MAINT IN ZZZ SAYING THAT WE MUST RETURN TO THE GATE TO HAVE THE REVERSER LOCKED OUT. THIS CONFIRMED THE FLC'S DISCUSSION. WE RETURNED TO A HARD STAND; AND ZZZZ MAINT PERSONNEL FOLLOWED THE PROC TO CLR THE WRITE-UP WE HAD PUT IN THE LOGBOOK FOR THE #3 REV PRESS AMBER LIGHT FLICKERING OR ON STEADY. THE LOGBOOK WAS CLRED AND THE FLT DEPARTED TO EWR WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBS.