DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
ENGINE
DESCRIPTION
The 4.7 liter (287 CID) eight-cylinder engine is an
90° single overhead camshaft engine. The cast iron
cylinder block is made up of two different compo-
nents; the first component is the cylinder bore and
upper block, the second component is the bedplate
that comprises the lower portion of the cylinder block
and houses the lower half of the crankshaft main
bearings. The cylinders are numbered from front to
rear with the left bank being numbered 1,3,5 and 7,
and the right bank being numbered 2,4,6 and 8. The
firing order is 1–8–4–3–6–5–7–2. The engine serial
number is located at the right front side of the
engine block (Fig. 1)
ENGINE IDENTIFICATION
DESCRIPTION
The engine is stamped with the vehicles identifica-
tion number. This area is located at the right front
side of the engine block. The engine build date code
is included in the yellow bar code sticker on the oil
fill housing (Fig. 2).
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4.7L ENGINE
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