I just bought a 2003 1500 quad cab with a locked 4.7 and automatic trans. I have removed hundreds of engines in the past but never worked on a 4.7 before. I started to disassemble the truck today and removed the radiator, core support,all the accessories on the front,undid the exhaust and unplugged the wiring to all the coils,injectors,sensors and everything else. undid the head pipe and unbolted all the transmission bolts I could find. A couple of things I wondered,is there a bellhousing bolt in the top center that I cant see? and should I remove the plastic intake manifold or leave it in place while removing? and last but not least where is the best attachment point for the chains to pull the engine? Anything else you think I might have missed would be helpful.

 

I removed the intake and the heads on my 5.7. As you stated the intake is plastic and my heads are aluminum. No real good pull point and they had to come off anyway to rebuild it. Then I used the old head bolts to pull the block. My opinion is never reuse head bolts anyway.

 

I got it out today. When I pulled the intake and fuel rail I found 2 nice little bolt holes under the intake to mount my chain to. unfortunately that was the highlight of my day, I found the engine full of sludge(from using Valvoline) and found a dent in the pan rail where something was trying to get out(it didn't make it)