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I can share where I bought my parts from:
  • rocker arms: Michigan Motorsports
  • timing chain kit: Cloyes 9-0393SF - found on ebay
  • solid lash adjusters: airram
  • valve stem seals: Fel-Pro SS710411 from rockauto
  • head gasket: Cometic off ebay (buy 2) (can be reused--but requires some steps)
  • spring retainers: mopar 4781090aa - just found best price off mopar sites
  • spring retainer keepers/locks: mopar 53022277AA - shop around - note most sites list 1 as just one half--so you need 24 total for 12 valves. Also, many sites show a photo of 6 sets (12 halves)--but are actually only pricing for a single half ("1").
  • head bolts (but can be reused): Victor Reinz 141011001 - rockauto
  • valve cover gasket: Fel-Pro from amazon (should be reusable if not damaged)
  • intake manifold gasket: Fel-Pro from amazon (should be reusable if not damaged)
 

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At only 50k miles everything should still be good. But, you could upgrade to the solid lash adjusters since it's all apart anyways. If you could get a set of cometic head gaskets installed while you're at it--that would last it the rest of its life.
 

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Are the other manufacturers of solid lash adjusters? I was checking out the ones at airram but they are a bit spendy.
They aren't the manufacturer, but they are the least expensive of the two sites that stock them.
I don't know if you can buy directly from the mfr, but they are:

BLE Products

And their price sheet lists the "SLC DG00212" at $299.95.
Airram lists them for $5 less.
3rdstrikeperformance.com lists them for $439.95--$140 more!

Youtube channel MartinBuilt has a video or two showing how to install them.

IMO solid lash adjusters are a must for the 3.7/4.7 engines--any failure to lubricate a hydraulic lash adjuster or any other sort of adjuster failure can grenade the entire motor. All it takes is throwing one rocker arm--and plenty of reports of that happening. The solid adjusters should make that impossible.
 
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