Thread: Brought home some Dodges

Tweet

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

Tell your local salvage guy he's full of shit. I have a 4.7 in an 04 Dakota I bought in 2010. It had about 70,000 when i bought it and it has a little over 118,000 on it now. I change the oil regularly and run a bottle of Lucas through the tank every 3rd or 4th fill up. It's been back and forth to Ohio 5 times and to Virginia and South Carolina once each. The only trouble I've had is when the left front wheel bearing seized 7 miles into Ohio On I-70 about 7 at night in late Feb of 2015. I got it off to the shoulder and had it towed and fixed. If I keep my foot out of it and I rarely do, it'll average right around 20 on the highway and 14 or so in town. It's a truck and the rear gears aren't the greatest.

I knew someone on here had one of those motors and liked it, I'm glad you spoke up. I don't like over googling about engines or vehicle's, seems like most people are only vocal with problems they have. Those are some good numbers for mileage, I'm not going to rule out the 4.7 yet.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

I knew someone on here had one of those motors and liked it, I'm glad you spoke up. I don't like over googling about engines or vehicle's, seems like most people are only vocal with problems they have. Those are some good numbers for mileage, I'm not going to rule out the 4.7 yet.

The 4.7 is somewhere between a 283 and a 289. I had a 71 with a 318 and it really didn't go down hill until it had almost 200,000 on it. I'd keep it all Dodge but that's just my 2 cents worth.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

seems like most people are only vocal with problems they have.

People Fact: Tell someone something bad and they will tell 7 other people. Tell someone something good and they will tell 3 other people. True.

.