I am in the process of putting a 94 5.9 motor and transmission into the body of an 02 ram 1500. I am having electrical issues that I need help with. I installed the brain and part of the wire harness that goes to the fuse box in the engine compartment for the fuel rail, coil,throttle body etc....
Then I took part of a wire harness from a 02 durango with the fuse box that sat in the engine compartment that ran the lights etc... and also went through the fire wall and it plugged into the existing system in the cab. There was no fuse box in the side of the dashboard so I took the 1 from the 02 Durango and installed it but I cant get power to the ignition or starter or anything else for that matter. What can I do to make this happen?

 

You are trying to install an obd1 motor and trans into an obd2 vehicle. Nothing will work and you will get a bunch of check engine lights

 

Is there no way to get around all that with the harness and brain that came with the motor and trans?

 

No, there isn't. Too much changed over the years for that to be a practical swap. You can still use the engine, but, gonna need a different trans, and then the PCM, wiring harness, etc, for an OBDII system, 2000 or newer. Otherwise, the trans won't work properly, (no TCC or O/D) none of your gauges will work, along with a host of other systems.

 

ok do you know the transmission type I would need to get. Thank you btw

 

46RE. You can find them in trucks with the 5.9 or 5.2, but, I suspect you will need one 2000 or newer, so it has the larger hole for the trans range sensor. (That may have been an advent of the 02 transmission, I am not really sure on that.)

 

Thank you so much for the help and time.

 

Ok so I have an 03 durango. Will the trans and harness go into the 02 ram and run?

 

What engine does the rango have in it?