Hey guys need some help I got a 96 ram 2500 2wd 360 trans went out and my buddy gave me a 95 ram 318 trans an I read it won't work and there's other people sayin they've made it work was just wanderin what I had to do to make it Wrk if I could

 

It might work. It depends on what year the trans is that your friend gave you. If they are the same year IIRC all youll need to do is use your torque converter. There might be something else but Im not sure.

For starters we need to know the year of the trans though. Then we can go from there.

 

It's a 95 ram 2wd 318 my truck is a 96 2500 ram 2wd 360

 

Nope, won't work.
94-95 the overdrive is controlled hydraulically, 96+ transmissions are control electronically.

 

Can I change the overdrive part or can I just change the bands out cause that's y I'm changing tranny First gear is slipping bad

 

That I do not know.
You're going to have to wait until someone more knowledgeable in that area shows up.

Welcome to DF, btw.

 

Thanx and ok anyone help can I just change the overdrive part or somethin i can't reallyafford a tranny other than the one I got

 

Check the connectors on the side of the trans. Do they look the same. I hear that 96 was a mid-year change so you may get lucky.

The key to modifying to change will be VB compatibility. If the VB from one will swap into the other, then it should work. But I have not compared the VBs to each other and do not know if they are interchangeable or not. If it was me, I would be doing such comparison. But I can't afford to go buy an older VB to compare (if someone wanted to ship one, I would gladly do such comparison....)

(on another note, dang computer updated itself to newer IE, and spell check works here automatically! and annoying Caddy ads are not showing!)

 

Yea Idk either lol my build sheet says 46re for mine but yea ill check connectors and if anyone else has ideas put ur input it will be appreciated

 

I think the RE has 8 pins on connector, and RH has fewer (can't remember if it is 4 or 6).