change motor from a 4.7 to 318
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No. When I check my tranny fluid when the engine is completely cold and not running and when I put the dipstick back in that it does not stay down. I think it is from the rubber underneath /inside the cap at the top is worn out. I think i am gonna have to just buy a new dipstick. Oh well, the party must continue, lol. I want to thank you for your prompt reply.
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Yeah, sounds like replacing it is the hot ticket. Most parts stores should be able to get you one. Compare the new one to your old one when you get it, and make sure they are the same.... (length, where the scale for fluid level is, etc.)
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Like shrp said, you will need basically everything to start from scratch because nothing will line up and more than likely you will spend more time and money on the replacement than if you would on doing an overhaul, that is unless you get a ridiculously good deal on the 318.
The tranny will not bolt up and in fact you will need a new transmission because the 44re was backed behind the 318 and not the 545rfe. Also, I'm not sure how correct that statement is that the 318 is more common, because honestly I've seen more 4.7s and 5.9s than I've seen the 5.2 motor. I think in all my years I've worked on 2 or 3 Durangos where the 5.2 was under the hood.
Also, for the record the grammar police has pulled you over...
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The tranny will not bolt up and in fact you will need a new transmission because the 44re was backed behind the 318 and not the 545rfe. Also, I'm not sure how correct that statement is that the 318 is more common, because honestly I've seen more 4.7s and 5.9s than I've seen the 5.2 motor. I think in all my years I've worked on 2 or 3 Durangos where the 5.2 was under the hood.
Also, for the record the grammar police has pulled you over...
It should read...
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You're responding to an 11 year old thread and trying to insult someone who hasn't posted in over ten. Good job on your first post!
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Well, i'll give him the thread was posted in as recently as 2 years ago, but, for the rest, you are spot on. If this is going to be his general posting style, he isn't going to last long..... I suspect though, that this one is just a 'drive-by' poster, and we won't see him again.
