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I'm into the fuel rails and have realized that I have two different rails & pressure regulators. In fact, the regulators are apparently the only difference in them. Here are the regulators I have:
1990 F250: F4CE-9C968-AA 3 screws and only one o-ring to seal the output1995 F450: F4SE-9C968-AA 2 screws but two o-rings to seal the outputHere's what they look like on the bottom side. I can refurb either rail, but need to understand the differences in regulators and decide which way to go. Note that both have '94 prefixes on the ID #. 
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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Pulled the intake (lower plenum), heads, and pan off of Huck's 460 today and cleaned them up. Here's the pan starting to be cleaned:
 And here's the pan and accessories after cleaning. I'm not 100% sure I'm going to blast and powder coat the pan, but I probably will.  As for the dipstick, it is the later o-ringed style, and I'm pleased with that:  I also discovered that the intake gaskets were either the wrong ones or put on incorrectly as they are up to 1/4" off, blocking part of the intake port. This engine was very poorly put together. 
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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I had some pretty significant problems getting the heads off of the engine. Four of the head bolts were on so tight that my Harbor Freight Earthquake XT impact, which is supposed to be good for 1000 ft-lbs, would not remove them. I pulled out my big breakover and finally got them loose, but one of them took absolutely everything I could do to break it loose.
And even when I got them broken loose they fought the air impact all the way out. In fact, when the threads cleared I still couldn't pull them out. The only way I got them out was by pulling up on an open end wrench under the flanged head as I spun them with the impact. When I got them out they looked like this. What in the world?????? 
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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In reply to this post by Gary Lewis
RE, valve covers, first I was wrong on the size, they are 3/8" heads. On the covers, early ones are an E7TE number, later F5TE.
  Grooves - early 0.160" deep, later - 0.200" deep. The O-ring gaskets are keyed differently so supposedly you can't mix them up.
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Gary, I went and looked at (a) the one on Darth, (b) the one on the new engine and (c) the spare. What I found was the three screws from the bottom, rail PN on regulator mount area is: E9TE-GA which tells me it is probably the second generation rail (first from 1988-1989 would have had the supply and return near the front). The one on Darth and the spare appear identical (I didn't try to read the number on Darth's) PN on the regulator mount is F4TE-EA and the sticker on the spare has F6TE-FD and 09-12-95 on it.
Pictures attached. Darth's fuel rail:  New engine fuel rail from top:  From side:  Spare fuel rail from top:  From side:  Label: 
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Good to know. Depending on how the ones come out of Big Blue's engine I might put them back on there and let these go with Huck's block and Big Blue's heads when I sell that setup.
And, I'll probably media blast the Eddy intake and sell it and the 750 Eddy carb to recoup some of my costs. Oh yes, and the headers. 
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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