I've investigated this six way's from sunday, and came to the conclusion a
engine and electronics swap in a newer
Dak isn't gonna be very cheap or cost effective, so the 5.2 I was gonna use
went to Chad Evans.
I talked to 2 chrysler certified Technicians and got the same
response...........ain't gonna work due to the VIN ## having to be programed
in to the PCM.
The compatiblity issue's are done to prevent a car thief from attempting to
switch a VIN#, TAGS, TITLE and ##'s matching engine in to stolen vehicle for
resale as a legit vehicle......also prevents a hot rodder from modifing his
own vehicle..........Thank you Uncle Sam!!
Ron-
'01 Dakota Sport 3.9 Supercharged
website: http://www.scsilverdak.com
e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Neff" <jndneff@texas.net>
To: "Dakota Mailing List" <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 7:33 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Billet 4" stroker kit for 3.9
>
> You don't have to have the VIN of YOUR truck in the PCM to make the guages
work. If you
> swap all of the electronics from the wrecked truck into yours, how is the
PCM supposed to
> know it's in a different chassis? Answer, it won't!
>
> John
>
> <snip>
> Another problem on the newer Dak's has to do with the PCM, it is nearly
> impossible to do a V8 swap because the PCM requires a VIN ## encoding, and
a
> V8 PCM will not accept the VIN ## of a non-V8 Dak.
>
> I found a 5.9 Auto Quad cab Dak, and a 5.9 Auto Durango in a local
> recycler's (both were 4WD, AND '01 models) I considered installing the
> engine and matched transmissions from one of the wrecks, it wouldn't work
> because the PCM's wouldn't accept the VIN ## from my
> Dak.........The PCM controls and monitors the odometer readout so no go
> there.
> <unsnip>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:45:40 EST