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As suggested pull the fender liner, made it much easier on my 04 4wd. Also don't be surprised if the manifold rear bolt is missing the head. Mine had two of them popped causing a leak. I would also be looking at the passenger side engine mount. I have some bolts for the manfolds with nuts for the heat shield which are new, and a brand new mopar pickup tube. If interested pay the shipping and they're yours. Also if your interested PM me your email as I have a complete digital factory service manual for the 04 I had. My oil pressure would dip now and then and I found some really nasty stuff on the pickup tube so I did timing chain, oil pump, oil pan and pickup. As for the keeper I would stick a magnet in the oil pan drain and see if it shows up. One other thing I remember is some early hemis had an issue with the valve seats popping out of the aluminum heads. Edit: deleted info on oil pan as mine was a 1500, 2500 is a different front axle setup.

Crap old thread. Sorry. Popped up and didn't read dates.