From Amos help"Amos computes a modification index for each parameter that is fixed at a constant value and for each parameter that is required to equal some
other parameter. The modification index for a parameter is an estimate of the amount by which the discrepancy function would decrease if the
analysis were repeated with the constraints on that parameter removed. The actual decrease that would occur may be much greater.
Amos computes modification indices not only for parameters that are explicitly constrained, but also for parameters that are implicitly assumed
to be zero. For example, a modification index is computed for every covariance that is fixed at zero by default".
Furthermore the following link:
http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/MV/SEM/CFA-AMOS.doc
and a very helpful video in youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM5nHV-0__w
I hope that i helped you.