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The #1 cylinder skirt is the normal location.
By Dave Shoe - 11/16/2002 2:08:00 AM; IP 216.243.176.34
I've recently determined the typical location for FE casting numbers is just above the skirt at the #1 cylinder, and the text is always printed upside down, if it is present at all.

The marking became comparatively uncommon on FE blocks as the 1960s decade came to a close, probably because the marking did not indicated a specific block casting after 1965.

Here's a photo of an interesting "C7AE-A" marking on a 427 block, found in the standard FE location. Recall that the 1966-72 markings more often take the "CxME" form, not the "CxAE" form.

Shoe.
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=15088&Reply=15088><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor15088" onclick="return false;">Is this 390 truck block?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Keke, <i>11/01/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=15088', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor15088') }); </script>  Is this 390 truck block? -- Keke, 11/01/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=15147&Reply=15088><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor15147" onclick="return false;">Try again - did you check behind the starter motor? [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mr F, <i>11/06/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=15147', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor15147') }); </script>  Try again - did you check behind the starter motor? [n/m] -- Mr F, 11/06/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=15274&Reply=15088><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor15274" onclick="return false;">RE: Try again - did you check behind the starter motor? [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Keke, <i>11/15/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=15274', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor15274') }); </script>  RE: Try again - did you check behind the starter motor? [n/m] -- Keke, 11/15/2002
 Ford did not offer solid lifters in truck blocks. -- Dave Shoe, 11/15/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=15280&Reply=15088><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor15280" onclick="return false;">there are no marks behind a starter motor on an FE</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>hawkrod, <i>11/15/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=15280', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor15280') }); </script>  there are no marks behind a starter motor on an FE -- hawkrod, 11/15/2002
The #1 cylinder skirt is the normal location. -- Dave Shoe, 11/16/2002
 Sorry - meant to type 'alternator'. SBs on the brain, I guess.[n/m] -- Mr F, 11/20/2002
 Can't tell. -- Dave Shoe, 11/15/2002
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