i love my 4.7 dont get me wrong, plus the new interior style that popped up in 02? is so much better than the old one

 

01's have the new, like mine.

 

My 2003 has been a great truck. I have done the balljoints and replaced sensors that were needed, everything else has been because I am so **** about maintenance. I have 163,000 miles on a 4.7 SLT QC 4X4, have done long trips, hauled heavy loads locally and used as my daily driver with just a few hiccups. I get 14-15 city and 16-17 hw (think cause I'm up higher than stock), as I have said before though trucks aren't made for mpg anyway. Truth is if you can find a 5.9 it would be easier to hop up (and a little more fun), if you don't care about that the 4.7 is great. I believe if you are dead on with the factory with your servicing and use approved fluids and oem sensors only all around you should do fine. Give the truck a good look over with the test drive and ask for their service records.

 

Well it depends how good of shape the truck your looking at is in mine was ok with 73,000 miles everything I have done is brakes,brake lines,calipers,water pump,serpentine belt,driver side hub bearing,Full tune up of plugs,wires,cap,rotor. I think thats all I did to my truck beside frequent oil changes. Now its time for me to fix rust, make sure when you go look at the truck that you dont see and rust on the cab corners and bed when I bought my truck they had the rust covered up really well and I didnt notice it till couple months later

Have to finish it up today
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I just had to get my fan clutch replaced and going to have to replace (cant remember name) on front axle because of a leak (dont take the truck through large amounts of water and get it stuck). Mines a 5.9L. Doesnt the 4.7 get sludge buildup though?

 

I have an '00 QC w/ 5.9 and love it. Bought it used with 100K+ now at 175k+. Biggest problem for me has been power windows. Most likely b/c it is a true farm/work truck.

 

bought it was 185k, now its at 215k- i've done shocks, plugs/wires, muffler, brakes, changed the oil,coolant, front/rear diff fluid, transfer case fluid, changed air filter to k&n, waterpump, and i need to do inner tie rods

i got a good deal on it, knowing that it needed all the maintenance done
the only problem with this truck & a v8 is its hard as hell to keep your foot off the floor

 

No, the best way is to press them out, just like they were intended.

The uppers are pretty east. The lowers are more difficult. You need to take apart the whole lower control arm. Kinda sucks, but more time consuming then anything. If you don't have a press, most auto part stores will press them out for a couple bucks a piece if you bring them the control arm.

I don't know how common but my control arm bushings are shot. So I just ordered Energy Suspension Poly bushings last night.

 

If it hasent been mentioned yet, add the blower resistor to the list!

 

ok i was just guessing, some ppl on here i think have done it the way i said glad it got cleared up