Thank you sir, you and your brother are a good team, smart to stick to a certain model and engine type, skills are MAD,,,thx for taking the time to share, very informative, and well spoken.....

Never had problems with my 4.7 I got 360,000 Still going all original do all my work myself

@justindaniels17

Жыл бұрын

Seriously? That's better than the hemi would get but hey as long as you don't drop a valve seat and your oil regularly the 4.7& 5.7 will last forever

@Deiios

Ай бұрын

damn very nice im about to buy a 4.7 magnum 1500 2004 its at 190k miles been looking around youtube for info and this is the comment i needed to find

@808drummerpercussionist9

18 күн бұрын

Stock good idea, small mods ok as long as it is not mechanical or high performance alters it and may cause issues, mine is staying stock,

The 4.7 is a good motor if you take good care of it. I changed out all my lifters at 100 thousand to avoid the broken head problem. I have the manual six speed in mine and the gear ratios are set up good for towing. It’s no powerhouse but it is reliable. The manual shifts smooth as butter. I have no dislikes about my truck. Now my wife’s Grand Cherokee is a monster with the 5.7 in it. Mileage isn’t real good but not bad if you drive it nicely. But if you have to move it is a neck snapper.

My 2004 4.7 runs and purrs, some work done along the way, towed 8 12ft trailer loads from Cal to Arizona no problem,,,,,@ 230k mi. today.

My 02 4.7 with 196k still runs like it did off the show room floor

@IeuanBevan.

11 ай бұрын

Hey can I ask. Got a 02 4.7 mag as well, just wondering when did you go about and change to timing chain? Know it can vary truck to truck but mines only got 70k on the clock and wondering if I should start to look into getting a new chain or not. Just wondering about the experience with yours so far?

I got a 2002 4.7 magnum. It overheated years back it went over a year before it start showing signs of blown gasket. Had top end rebuilt along with timing chain before it became an issue. I do have a Chrysler tick now but it's 267000 miles now still starts runs drives and I'm hauling 37's on 14 wides. Love my ram. Had it over 8 years now. Trans still holding together too. Guess I'm just lucky

@St72ayBull3t

Ай бұрын

i agree this guy seems to have the two mixed up

I love the Durango ideal and love your old truck I’m a huge fan of 3rd gens I’ve had 3 just love the style

@aaronsautoshop1991

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it. Yeah I feel like 3rd gens are good value buy

I'm pretty happy with my 4.7 ram, mine gets a mile or two better a gallon than the 5.7 ones, only draw back is it doesn't have as much grunt. But it gets down the road pretty good when I need it to.

@gregpeck3652

Жыл бұрын

Same bud dam good truck coming from a guy that drove a 7.3 then a 6.6 dirty max to a 4.7 dodge so not a bad truck.

@CarlosRojas-oy7pm

Жыл бұрын

What year is your Ram?

@joshuatracy4829

5 ай бұрын

Pull the factory intake off put ram air on it , add high flow cats and better flow exhaust , get rid of the mechanical fan and they wake up alout and get better gas mileage. Headers help to but there expensive

@AdWrStR_603

2 ай бұрын

​@@joshuatracy4829with newer engines, headers are basically pointless... the mechanical fan delete, intake and exhaust are good choices though 👍🏻

@Mob3tta_01

Ай бұрын

Same here I got 4.56 gears pushes it down the road kinda keeps up when rolling start with new 5.7 hemi lol

2nd Gen "The New Dodge" were the best looking -Rams- Trucks ever made. Sadly, especially in my area, They're non-existent or have shed about 500lbs of their body & another 300lbs of their frame. 3rd Gen Rams are getting close to that same scenario except they made 18 Billion of the things & sold every last one of em. Love that Monster Durango. Which is ALSO the Best looking -Durango- Mid-Size SUV ever made.

@aaronsautoshop1991

7 ай бұрын

Lol this is all very relatable & I definitely agree

05 dakota 4.7 223k all original except water pump . Runs good and i love it other then the electrical on it is well always a issue

SOHC layout vs Pushrod. a Coyote is a DOHC, the Ford Tritons loved to eat up Chain guides. I've talked with numerous Dodge Mechanics and one in particular that works in Canada/Michigan and had a Hemi Swap Clinic during Moparty a couple years ago. Drop valve seats in both the 5.7 and 4.7 is due to extreme overheating. Not just a few degrees warmer but running them to 250-280 degrees. There's plenty of mechanics that dislike the 4.7, because they worked on so many of them from people who abused them and didn't maintain them, they just naturally didn't want to have them personally. A 4.7 might "drop valve seats" and roller/rocker arms. BUT a 4.7 doesn't come standard with a valve train tick after 20k miles. Though most complaints are from the owners/mechanics of a 4.7 in a 1500 Ram, which were dogs due to the power:weight and gearing. I'm at 125k on my 2004 Dakota, I hear more people bashing the transmissions than the 4.7 lol Guy who helped me do plugs and coils was shocked at how responsive my truck was.

Will changing the bearing hubs help gas mileage? Lol . I have a real question. My 2005 5.7 2wd has the ebrake light on and abs, is the a failed c clip in the differential? Is it causing a magnetic sensor to keep those lights on? I just picked up the ram and the owner said those lights been on for years but it drives nice and looks clean. Suspension is all shot. Are you located in ca?

How do you fix the leak if its stripped on the 4.7l?

Have an 04 Dakota 4.7, but I want to swap to a 5.7 Hemi what year range is best fit?

gen 3 , 5.7 hemi is one of the best engines ever, 2004 before mds is my prefered.

Is it just me noticing or did he make a video about 3rd gen rams in a cateye Silverado?

Your video was very helpful and had a lot of good info! Anyway you could answer some questions for me about swapping a 4.7 into a 5.7??

@aaronsautoshop1991

9 ай бұрын

Ask away, done it a few times, but the easiest way I found was getting donor trucks for 1k- 1500 & swapping the harnesses & all over

Trying to get one saving some money for one💪

Both engines have their drawbacks. The beauty of dodge is that you can swap a 5.2 ( 318) 5.9 (360) 3.7/ 4.7 or any Hemi in the ram series and also the iron V10 or the Viper all aluminum V10. But like I say they all have their drawbacks, the Hemi got vvt and MDS both have a high failure rate, ive seen brand new Hemis of all displacements explode with 20k miles on them and had to be replaced under warranty. I prefer the early 5.7 without all the crap on em, they last! Same with the 4.7 and 3.7, early ones are fantastic as long as you don't use crap oil in them and change it at 3k like your supposed to, they run extremely hot so bleeding the cooling system per mopar spec is extremely important otherwise you get dropped valve seats , sludge that blocks the timing chain tensioner especially on the passenger side for some reason and that will destroy your engine with valves poking through piston tops! The 4.7 is a fantastic engine if used as intended, it's not a hot rod engine but it certainly has great potential as one with a few upgrades such as high volume oil pump from a hellcat, which should be standard on all dodge V8s, it has been determined by many Dodge techs and engineers thar the failures in both the 3.7 ,4.7 , and all hemis except hellcats suffer from top end valvetrain oil starvation. Otherwise the bottom end on all these engines are the shining star of Dodge, I can't say enough good things about the balancing and machine tolerances of the blocks, cranks, the cracked cap rods, main saddles, and bores, simply very high quality.

My 4.7 has 300k on it, runs like new, 20+ mpg highway, and I've only done 02 sensors, changed the oil using Mobil 0w40 euro blend because I live in Alaska so no thick oils up here! It's true though, I've worked on many many 4.7 and 3.7 and Hemis and early magnum 318 and 360s and the 2 most common problems on all of them is #1 not changing the oil on time or using inferior oil and filters. #2 overheating and continuing to drive. That's about it as far as engines. As far as the rest of the ram series bodies, drive train, suspension, brakes, all very high quality if fluids are checked and changed at book intervals . Most people never see the underside of their truck untill catastrophic failure occurs, but you can save a ton of money if you do!😂😂😂😂

I just picked up a 08 single cab Long bed for $800

I've had both 2006 5.7 Hemi and 2002 I have right now with the 4.7 and I got a good deal on it because it's typically people don't change the oil and it sludges up which is an issue with the 4.7 and it pushed out of lifter so took the valve cover off put the lifter back Ran some transmission fluid through it transmission fluid has a lot of detergent in it and cleaned it out real good I never had any issues only difference to me is get more power with the 5.7 then the 4.7

My 4.7 had oil pressure issues, blew out white smoke when cold, and just dropped a valve seat last week. Danmit. Getting quotes of $2k for a used 4.7 with 150k miles on it... no way.

Thank you very much for making this video. I have a RAM 2002 with the 4.7 motor combined with the "45FRE" 4 speed transmission. - Can I drop a 5.7 hemi into that truck and use that 45FRE transmission with it?... Thank you.

@aaronsautoshop1991

Жыл бұрын

Honestly there’s a lot more to it, for some reason the 2002 is a good bit different than the hemi models, you’d be better off getting a donor truck & pulling the wiring & swapping everything over, if you do it yourself it’s about a $2500 job to buy the donor truck & new parts to go through it, like the cooling system for example. Honestly I’ve never tried to reuse the 4 speed, all I really know in that aspect is that the 4 speed & 5 speed auto have the same housing.

@makaveli087

7 ай бұрын

@@aaronsautoshop1991 02's are odd because, other than being a 1st year model, they still offered the old BigBoi Magnum 5.9L on top of the little crap motor(s) & the New 5.7L HEMI.

I have a 2005 1500 ram 4x4 5.7 hemi and took it in for an engine code. They said it’s a spark plug in cylinder 2 so I said just replace all the spark plugs. Now after driving the check engine light came back on , took it back and they Said it’s just a sticky lifter and will go away when you get on the highway for awhile. Do I need new lifters or is the spark -plug not in spec.. I put in some additives that made the code go away but it came back

@aaronsautoshop1991

Жыл бұрын

I can’t in good faith give you a good answer on that, what code did it throw? I’d probably look more in to the coil pack based off the info provided but I’m not 100%

@davidetchellsetchells4692

2 ай бұрын

Coil pack or mds lifter is failing, this requires both heads to come off and an mds delete kit installed with new cam and non mds hydraulic roller mopar performance lifters installed then re assembled with new head , valve cover, intake, gaskets installed and everything tourqued to factory spec which is a very precise operation. You can do it, but you must have patience and use techniques that apply to the metals your working with, I almost forgot, all accessories must be dismounted and the exaust manifolds or headers as well for this procedure ( top end tear down) this is what Hemis do,,,,, eat roller lifters, especially if you have MDS lifters, the oil must be the highest quality like Amsoil or Mobil 1 synthetic and filters must be Mopar or Mobil 1 oil filters. You might as well swap in a hellcat oil pump while you're in there and solve the problem once and never have that or any problem with the engine again👍🤙

Iv got a 2005 1500 slt 4x4 4.7l with 219,000 miles on it no check engine light and has been bullet proof for me it's over heated pretty hot and survived but it really needs rebuilt or swapped as it barely has enough power to even move the truck but keeps on trucking lmao

@dakotastevens6568

7 ай бұрын

I'm roughly 213,000 miles on my 08 1500 full cab with the 4.7 with corn fuel capability. I got warning lights only because the abs was replaced before I bought it for $3,800. It's been extremely nice and responsive one funny thing is my lights may be on, but if they turn off, I know my abs and speedometer are being french because its wet out. I mean, I don't have the hemi, but she goes when she's told too. Also, apparently, going to a tire shop with bald tires that you've put 20,000 on since buying is a sure way to scare the techs. P.s. The new tires have made a huge difference in ride. Never gonna run corn fuel corns for eating not engines

@madness_-yg3lw

7 ай бұрын

@dakotastevens6568 220,000 miles my head gasket gave up the ghost and I was running stock 2018 ram 5 spoke 20in rim with stock 275 good years on a leveling kit with a complete suspension rebuild during the lift install and when I finally got my truck back it rode just like a brand new truck it sure didn't have the power of a new one but sure rode like one

4.7 can make good power when boosted the most I’ve seen was 700whp+ on a Jeep single turbo

@moyacosta6223

Ай бұрын

Do you know where I could find parts to boost a 4.7? 240k miles and I want to try and get back some of the power its lost over the years

@Supercharged287SOHC

Ай бұрын

@@moyacosta6223 like what type are you going for?

@moyacosta6223

Ай бұрын

@@Supercharged287SOHC anything that can get me to roughly 500 whp or more, from what I've seen there isn't much for the 4.7 aside from exhaust stuff and coil packs

@Supercharged287SOHC

Ай бұрын

@@moyacosta6223 what year is your 4.7? 03-04 got problems in tuning

@justindaniels17

9 күн бұрын

​@@moyacosta6223you have to get custom made forged pistons and rods from a engineering company who specialises in engines

2002 didnt have the hemi wish i had known but i got my trusty money put 4.7 lol

Are all the 4.7s engines the same? I hardly ever find an article or a video about the last generation of the 4.7 Magnum. Got it on my 2010 Ram 1500, seems a pretty decent engine, not a Hemi, but still okey, it takes me from point A to B easily. I'm aware they did some upgrading to the 4.7 before it went out of production back in 2013, but nobody talks about it. BTW here in Chile the 4.7 isn't that usual to see, compare to the 3.7.

@Supercharged287SOHC

10 ай бұрын

Yes from 99-07 it’s the same but 08-13 they went “semi hemi”

@CarlosRojas-oy7pm

10 ай бұрын

@@Supercharged287SOHC I understand they somewhat fixed the problems the previous 4.7 had, but few people talk about the last gen of the Magnum, I reckon it is because it came out along with a new generation of the HEMI. Here in Chile 4.7s are quite common, I still see many Rams 1500 around.

@Supercharged287SOHC

10 ай бұрын

@@CarlosRojas-oy7pm we’ll actually there wasn’t really much problems it was the owners that never gave the 4.7 the right type of maintenance, and drove it like a tractor expecting to over last like the 5.9 OHV v8 magnum , I personally never had an issue with mine so I started building one for the street/drag setup , the 08-13 4.7 just gave it more power everywhere , bigger throttle body ,different intake manifold , bigger cams , upgraded rocker arms , 16 spark plugs heads with different compression ratio some had the option of E85 fuel pump and bumped it up from 180WHP to 230WHP or 235 flywheel HP to 310 flywheel hp but all the blocks are the same

@makaveli087

7 ай бұрын

You'll get a headache trying to wrap your head around all the goddamn 4.7's & their various differences but *essentially* There's the 4.7HO, the 4.7L "Normal" Magnum/PowerTech, The "Upgraded" 4.7L PowerTech with 16 Stupid Spark Plugs but it's the best/latest one. Dodge made matters more complicated by calling *whichever one* "The Next Generation Magnum" that everybody else in the extended Chrysler Family call PowerTech.

Love when people think theres a difference between dodges reintroduced "hemi" and the magnum... there isnt... They just rebranded the magnum as hemi. The real hemis were built in the 60s and 70s.

Do you know what was the last year the hemi 5.7 was made. I think they are all 4.7 turbocharged now

@makaveli087

7 ай бұрын

Yesterday, 2023 - But that will change soon I think. Probably today. I safely assume your school bus is built on the Ford F-450 Chassis so that's exciting.

My 06 4.7 just hit 140,000

360 Magnum's are bulletproof and some of the best sounding V8's ever made.

4.7 need to change oil alot with 5w-30 not any thicker ..clean flow oil...ticket !! 4.7

@IeuanBevan.

11 ай бұрын

Yeah problem is people don't change the oil...then sludge builds up in engine....followed by a loud bang noise😂

@Mob3tta_01

Ай бұрын

I run diesel oil 15w 40 got over 260000 miles

I have too many 3rd gens too. Check out mine

Do you have a 4 7 motor

@aaronsautoshop1991

11 ай бұрын

I’ve had both

4.7 are more reliable than the 5.7 hemi