Try sending a PM to Hemifever here on this site. He may be able to hook you up.

 

I've wondered the same thing as well. Could you not use an ECU from a Dakota 5 speed? As long as it has the 3.9 liter engine and same transmission? I wonder if the wiring harness is different.

 

Lots is different, same for the ram trucks... instrument cluster, transmission shift points, etc, etc, etc...

 

Since I've got plenty of stick shifts, I'll probably just leave my van an automatic. I love my van but getting in and out due to that wheel well hump is a bit awkward. I can imagine what it would be like operating a clutch pedal that close to the hump.

Sometimes I like having an automatic like on vacation or big metropolitan areas with allot of stop and go traffic. I have been in places where traffic moves at a snail's pace at 6" then stops, then another 6" and so on and so on and by the time I'm done, my left leg is worn out! One time I thought I fried the clutch on my Subaru at the Speedway of Lights at the Bristol motor speedway. It took a month for the inside of my car to air out from the burnt friction material.

I've got a '97 Polaris Xplorer 300 ATV with the belt driven CVT and wouldn't consider owning an ATV that I had to change gears on. When I was looking for an old ATV, I test road this Yamaha BearTracker (or something like that) which had a centrifical clutch but I still had to change gears manually on it. I thought not having to worry about shifting gears would allow me to stay more focused on the trail.

BTW, I haven't tried it yet but I'm wondering if it's possible to fit an ATV in the back of a Dodge van? The rear tires are pretty much 4 feet apart. I think that's no coincidence so they can fit in the bed of full size pickup trucks. So technically it should fit in the back of my van. Unless the doors would conflict. I haven't measured the distance between the doors though. That might prevent me from getting it in there.

I just don't know if I can drive it up into the van unless I duck. I have a winch I need to install. I could mount a plate to where the bucket seats were bolted and attach an eye hook and just winch it in.

 

I think your rear doors will open far enough, that you could drive the ATV right in. Watch your head though, as yeah, you WILL have to duck.

 

I haven't checked to see if there are any limiting straps or whatever that prevents the doors from opening further but the ones on the Dodge only opens 90 degrees. So that might be an issue with the rear tires rubbing the door panels.

The rear doors on my 98 Chevy open pretty much 180 degrees.

 

There should be straps, or pins, you can remove to get them open further.

 

I found them. I might have to remove the door panels to unbolt them.