google_ad_client = "pub-3766400037069822"; /* Date Codes C (468x60) */ google_ad_slot = "1014622662"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; // ]]> Copyright © 2021 FORD CLASSICS — Activation WordPress theme by. There is no code stamped on the block itself that can be used to identify the cubic inch displacement of the block. For instance, "30" in the third and fourth position means the 30th day of the month. [CDATA[ Generally, on both 8 and 6-cylinder Ford engines, the engine number is towards the rear of the block on the passenger side. // ]]> I just pulled the engine from my 82, The codes i got from the block are: EOAE Then off the bottom was D8C. That's not the block's date code. [CDATA[ See EBP. 2nd letter is the month. Pictured above is the diamond or lozenge shaped casting mark found on post-production era Ford Model A and B engines made … How to Read a Ford Block Date Code. CEBY 256-272 cu in Cast in Canada. Many were used with 81mm bores towards the end of Ford’s engine exchange scheme for the 1500cc Cortina, so you know where to look! [CDATA[ I have a engine code reading D7TE-A-2-B,"supposedly out of a 77 ranchero" can anyone tellme howto decode that? On 8-cylinder engines, it is where the starter bolts onto the bell housing and the starter may have to be removed to locate it. //