about $350 i believe....might go to some speed/tuning shops in your area and see if they have the equipment to reflas your stock pcm......alabamaram said some guy did his

 

You can still get the Mopar Performance pcm at your dealer. Part number for 5.9 V8 auto is P5249935 $465.00 Cad+tax. In stock in Detroit.

 

The books all say that 1997.5 was the first year for OBDII. I have heard about some 96's being the same hybrid OBDII, but it's rare. The same ports for OBDII are the same for OBDI.

Hypertech DOES offer a tuner for these trucks, and I've seen them between $150- $250.

 

OBDI and II ports are NOT the same

 

which book the service manual? everything I read stated the 96-97 rams were an obd11 hybrid meaning it was obd11 complaint but used older sensors and such from obd1 setup? I know the tuner for the 96-97 model year is different than the 95 setup..also my OBDII reader works to read the codes so...

 

Yes, and that's why I mentioned the hybrid systems...

Tuner sites, various service books, other websites.

As I mentioned, there was a rare few late 96's that had that "hybrid" OBDII. They aren't full blown OBDII and that's why you have a hard time trying to find a tuner for them.

You also read that shift points can be changed in thee trucks, and you bought it....

 

1997.5 was probably the first model year to be a true OBDII setup. I always thought it was 1998, but thats really close to 1997.5. 1996 was the first year they started doing the hybrid crap, like Augie posted. 1995 was definitely OBDI, as I had a 1995 Dakota that was that way.

 

I'm confused as my 96 has an OBDII port and I've cleared codes before

 

Well, they can be adjusted... but only at WOT, I guess.

 

Yes, you have an OBDII interface, but its technically a hybrid. A lot of your sensors and electronics are OBDI, they just made it work with an OBDII interface/port. You probably will have a mixture of OBDI codes and OBDII codes, depending on what goes wrong (if anything).