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Dodge: 95 Ram transmission, dodge ram 1500, wire harness


Question
Got a 95 dodge ram 1500 5.9 trying to install a 96 dodge ram 5.9 transmission! Wires on Trans. are different! Can anything be done to bypass this? or does it have to be a 95!!

Answer
HEY TONY,YOUR 95 IS A RH UNIT CONSISTING OF A THREE PRONG CONNECTOR? THIS UNIT HAS A CENTRIFUGAL GOVERNOR FOR YOUR SHIFTING FROM FIRST THRU THIRD AND YOUR PCM SUPPLIES THE COMMAND FOR OVERDRIVE AND LOCK UP. THE 96 UNIT IS A RE UNIT CONSISTING OF A ROUND BLACK CONNECTOR WITH 8 PINS AND THIS HAS A COMPLETELY COMPUTER CONTROLLED GOVERNOR CONSISTING OF A SENSOR AND A SOLENOID. UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER. YOUR TRUCKS COMPUTER HAS NO PROVISIONS NOR THE WIRE HARNESS TO OPERATE THIS TRANS PROPERLY.YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GET YOUR 95 UNIT REBUILT? DEPENDING WHERE YOU TAKE IT IT COULD COST FROM 600 TO 1000 DOLLARS SO IF YOU CAN SELL THE RE UNIT YOU MIGHT USE THAT MONEY TOWARDS A REBUILD? I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU TONY,TIM.P.S. THE E IN RE STANDS FOR ELECTRIC AND THE H IN RH STANDS FOR HYDRAULIC.