Tims info indicates the number would be on that pad, if it's not there, maybe it's an early dealer/factory service replacement, which would probably not be stamped ... maybe there's some casting date marks on the block as the later engines have
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics