Dodge 5.2 or 5.9 Magnum Plenum Plate Repair (How To) 

I'm 63, recently retired due to lung cancer. Beat up from the chemo and radiation treatments but was able to BEAT the cancer, I'm not or ever will be 100% but I'm alive, lol. Also when I did this repaire I was seeing a chiropractor 3 times a week for a pinched nerve in my lower back. I took a lot of breaks, lol. About 10-12 hours over 3 days and now the truck is running great. No more oil use, increase in power, increase in low end torque, no valve clatter when accelerating, very smooth runnning. Not bad for an old beat up mechanic, lol.....makes me wonder how many people traded in their truck because they thought the motor was going bad, all over a bad design in the plemun sealing gaskets, lol... Probably a bunch of trucks in the salvage yard because of a bad gasket, lol

I still love the Gen 2, even with all it's issues. it's a GREAT truck! and you cannot beat it for the money. when they came out there was nothing like them, this truck pretty much kicked off the need for better trucks we have today, thanks Dodge. 263k miles and rolling strong.

First video I've seen of an actual tear down and replacement, thanks

Hands down the best video I've seen of this job so far.

Dude. I cannot thank you enough for this straight to the point video. I didn’t want to watch that other 6 part, 3 hour video to see what you Did in just half an hour. Thank you so much

Just found out today I need a plenum job. I plan on watching this video at least 10 times before beginning - great upload!

Great video. Thanks 👍 doing this project now with my 97 5.2

Great job very detailed 👏 need to do that in my 3.9 engine same problem thxs for sharing

PSA - The original bolts are too long. Over time the oem plate gets thinner from heat cycles and age. From online forums, shortening/cutting the bolts is an alternative to the aftermarket thicker hughes plate. High temp rtv should be used as well. It works and save money!!

Recently inherited my father's 2000 dodge couple of years back and had to replace the manifold gaskets, front main seal and harmonic balancer. She runs as good as the day my dad bought it. Just wish the dash frame wasn't so brittle.

Nice job, however have done the same job on my 2001 Ram 2500, no need to remove the fan shroud, idler pulley and fuel rails with injectors, just unplugged all the connectors and took the throttle body off and accessory bracket with alternator and a/c compressor and moved it to the side then pulled the intake out pretty much straight forward, on my 1995 Ram 1500 I swapped out the factory intake and put on the Hughes FI Air Gap intake and was well worth the money and it is a much better intake, will be doing the same thing on my 2001 when it comes available again

Thank you for this detailed video. My son's ZJ is idling erratically and I think I hear a vacuum leak from the area around the intake. I think we are going to do this same repair together.

Been trying to figure out why my 2000 Durango started using oil but had no sign of leak or smoke, now I know 👍🏻

I've done this twice; one on my own 2500, once for a neighbor. If you can obtain a helping hand, you can remove the intake with the throttle body together, just disconnect the bracket and cables at the throttle body. Use you cellphone camera to take pictures as you progress along if you need something to reference to.

Thanks for posting. 👍

In the past when I have worked on vehicles, when I have come across these rubber hoses, I have found that it is easier to remove the hose if you can get it to twist and spin on the fitting before you pull on it. It doesn’t always work, but seven out of 10 it will.

384000 miles on mine so far. second motor. second trans, seventh rear end and just now getting around to this on the motor. thanks for the help seeing this it dosent look as bad as i picture it is

knock on wood my 96Ram 3500 V8 magnum is running great 150k doesn't smoke or burn oil yet but I drive her like a newborn baby

Helpful video. Thank you !

all gen 2 Ram''s need 3 things, no matter what! plenum fix(bad engineering), dash plastic replacement(FU Dodge), and that notorious front end wobble fix(FU again Dodge), all pretty easy stuff, but all necessary. you can check if you still have a stock plenum pretty easy, take off the breather, open the throttle, and use a magnetic pick up tool, or whatever you want, just don't lose it in there! and go thru the throttle body openings to see if the plenum is magnetic, if it is, you're probably still stock, and will need, or eventually need to replace it.