hey all let me start by saying thank you for all the help. looking around and under the ram today i found a tag on maybe the trans. or at least close to it . it was to the left of the drive shaft if you were looking from the back of the truck. i dont know if it is useful to me or not but not knowing anything about the truck i'm trying to get as much info as i can. I took a pic , and now that i looked at it againit says "new process gear".All right then i guess that the new question is do the #'s tell me anything? the word new leads me to believe that this isn't an original part. can it be deciphered so i can tell if it was replaced with what was there ,or something different? maybe better? prob not but i can hope. again anything you can tell me would be more than i know now .thanks again and sorry if i wasted anyones time.

oh and the cut off part of the pic says syracuse,ny

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I think you just found your new process transfer case's Id. tag, not the transmission.

Number's symblozie model of transfer case, and gear ratio, assembly number, and serial number... Pretty self explanatory.

 

Yup thats the transfer case not the transmission. It's bolted onto the back of the transmission.

 

Raise the hood and look up.Should be a tag that has much info. about the truck.

 

The number 52105022 indicates that it is a new process 231 heavy duty transfer case that came behind an automatic transmission....

 

thanks guys i'm gonna look at the hood in the mornin . this is my first 4x4 and dodge for that matter lots and lots to learn . this forum makes it easier tho.thanks again
brian

 

sounds like it could be your first real look under any car or truck...lol

 

not lol. it really is ,at least in a long while . i've had a string of disposable cars. last was a 98 malibu cost me $300. an explorer that i wrecked before i had a chance to do any thing with, a pos ranger . last car i really cared about was my 89 volvo 740ti, that i knew a little about. learned as i went along. 3 days before i bought my ram i drove a friends and fell in love. so i got one.figure this is as good a time as any to start learning. oh and i finally have enough room to take a good look underneath . lol