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A warranty engine would not be stamped with the MODEL year.

I'm not buying the WARRANTY claim of the engine above.



John,
Would a block stamped with an F or G, but NO VIN stamped be an over the counter parts department block or one the factory worker forgot to stamp? TIA
Ray



Over the counter would be stamped S in the model year spot if it were an over the counter long block assembly, S being service replacement ... UNLESS a full engine got pulled for some odd reason.

Short blocks wouldn't get stamped ... I think ... but would have the riveted tag on the side saying what the short assembly build number was for reference.

It is also possible that an engine just didn't get stamped, the lunch or end of shift bell rang and the guy dropped what he was doing and off he went ?