You are correct sir. the crankshaft position sensor reads the notchs in the
flywheel. the v6 and v8 have a different number. I'd also suspect that the
bolt pattern on the crank snout is different so as you could not
accidentally put a v6 flywheel on a v8 and so forth.
Greg Conner
1996 RC
3.9 hybrid
>From: "Jim Miller WB5OXQ" <wb5oxq@grandecom.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: DML: Re: V6 and V8 Flywheels
>Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 20:30:01 -0500
>
>
>I think the crank position sensor works off of the flywheel to fire the
>plugs. Therefore it might not work.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <B1LLYW@aol.com>
>To: <aol@dakota-truck.net>
>Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 8:16 PM
>Subject: DML: V6 and V8 Flywheels
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > This may be a dumb question but I'm up for anything. Since the 5.2
>Magnum
> > and 3.9 Magnum are both internally balanced, can you simple swap
>flwheels
>from
> > one to the other?
> >
> > A local guy may be interested in my 318 to swap into his V6 Dak. I'm
>trying
> > to find out whether he can use his flywheel or not (both 5 speed trucks
>by
>the
> > way).
> >
> > I'd like to hang onto mine as a spare if I can.
> >
> > Bill White - http://www.bionicdodge.com
> >
> > '95 Dakota CC 4x2 - under construction
> > '03 Ram 1500 QC 4x4 Hemi Off-Road
> >
> >
>
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