Motor swap for a Dodge Ram with a 4.7 V8

A friend of mine who works for Portal Way automotive asked for my help with a motor swap. It's a Dodge Ram with a 4.7 V8 so it's a fairly large engine automotive wise. There is also a lot more components to remove or disconnect then if it was on a piece of heavy equipment. We began by draining all the fluid out of the radiator, engine, and transmission. Disconnected all the plugs and the ones that were most difficult were the plugs for the the fuel injectors and the coil packs because they're really hard to get to and the plastic is brittle and frail. Also all of the plugs have these annoying tabs that lock the plug and they must be lifted out of the way before you can disconnect them. We removed the radiator, alternator, belt, hood, transmission cooler, oil cooler lines, and just strapped the ac compressor and components to the side with straps.

Second step was removing the drive shaft and transmission because it's just easier to swap the motor with the dowels on the bell housing out of the way. Of course we had to first unbolt the flywheel of the engine from the plate connecting it to the torque converter. Cool thing I learned about torque converters is when you reinstall them you have to first get the splines inside the drive hub to line up with the transmission input shaft and then get the drive flats on the hub to lock into place by turning the impeller until it pops in. Otherwise you destroy it and you'll be purchasing a new one and possibly a transmission.

We removed the Engine Mounts from the chassis after we got it hooked up to the cherry picker with a load leveling attachment. After that we removed the engine and struggle some getting it out. They have the engine tucked so far back in the engine compartment that a good portion of it it under the fire wall. It wouldn't surprise me if it's recommended to remove the cab first to make it easier. Next update will be installation of the new engine and we might have to take the cab off to get it back in.

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