The Mopar auto trans does not pump fluid while in the park position

I like the styling of the 94-01 Ram trucks slightly better over the later trucks.

sonnax makes a lot of things to improve the 46re including this.


Couldn't agree more that's why i have two of them! I would look for a 96 and up, Nothing wrong with the earlier ones but they are OBD1 and 46rh. I had a 90 that had the A500(same as the 46rh) and liked the shifting of the RE better. If you go to check out a few of them look for rust at the bottom of the doors(common problem). Also look at the frame and anything also that might be compromised with rust. The rear brake line next to the gas tank rust out and burst so check out the brake lines. You won't sorry i had my 96 for 20 years as a daily driver. Here are mine both 96's Indy ram and the black one is my DD 2500 4X4.

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My 01 went to Michigan about a year ago….. rust free 200k mile AZ pickup. I still see some nice 2nd gens here and there. I put an LMC dash in it about 4 years ago. Probably the biggest issue on that era. Had close to 16 hours in it with all the structural repairs I had to do as the framework is also all plastic and not available anymore. I kind of miss it….. but the 3500 we replaced it with is soooo nice.

I've seen a few with that p601 code that doesn't seem to effect anything, trucks still run and drive as expected.
One that comes in occasionally, that code seems intermittent on, the other comes back as soon as s is cleared, every time

That has been on my mind and I think the seller knows this. I realize the seller is needing to get certain price but, there is a lot of unknowns at this point and not certain the seller & I can come to agreement on price at this point. But, anyways thank you everyone for answering my question. It appears last night, I found some answers regarding the transmission issues which can correlate to corrosion in a harness that communicates with the PCM as well. Anyways, thank you all again.

Not sure if this is applicable to Dakotas but, here's the notes regarding the 2nd Generation Ram trucks via these attached pictures.

True but, some of us are still learning the ropes. If works, it works.

Put me on the thank you list for the transmission wiring deal. The OD on the RE46 in my 49 pickup (with a 96 Dakota chassis & wiring) quit functioning, and the code reader says it isn't getting input. I now know where to look, if I can get my hands into the area. Things are pretty congested on this truck.

Still trying to locate that FSM CD for the 97.

I may have to resort to having my wife help me... She probably moved it in a room cleanup. That's my story....

We have an 01' Ram 1500 360 engine, trans and PCM in my Son's 99' Dakota. With a fresh rebuild I did last summer with his help.

We have an 01' Ram 1500 360 engine, trans and PCM in my Son's 99' Dakota. With a fresh rebuild I did last summer with his help.

Can you point me in the direction of the harness corrosion issues so I can research it? My 04 Dakota is driving me nuts going into limp mode with transmission codes. Trans is getting rebuilt, but I want to eliminate all problems since it's a nice little truck that I need to be able to depend on with road trips.

I had my buddy pull the codes on my truck again today. I've got codes:

P0711 Trans temp sensor problem.

The trans is most definitely an 46RE. And it is definitely a 96 production model. At this point, I suspect maybe it was an early production 96..

The good news is it now WORKS. The OD has cut the 70 mph rpm by nearly 1,000 rpm, it happily cruises along at about 2,000 at 70 mph on the cruise control where last Sat night on the same road, it wanted to turn 3,000 at 70 on the cruise control. I knew it was fixed as I pulled out of my driveway. Before it was sort of lazy leaving a stop, but now that it s downshifting, its back to being fun.

First what happened, and then the fix.

When the truck was 1st put on the road, I used the Dakota aluminum/plastic radiator. I had to modify the top radiator brackets for it to work, and both top corners were very close to the 49s curved hood sides. About 6 months into driving the truck (its 1st winter), the OEM Dakota radiator started leaking at the gasket between the top plastic tank and the aluminum core. It actually would not leak if the temp was above 15 degrees, but when it dropped below 15, it started seeping. The leak would go away shortly after the truck started. It took a few months before I actually saw where the coolant was going when I happened to look on a day it was 10 degrees outside.
I changed to a Champion aluminum radiator that better fit the confines of the truck, but that required the removal of the manual fan because of clearance. I installed an electric fan with the new radiator. While I was looking for a power source for that electric fan, I noticed the distribution box had a "fan relay" that was not being used, because there obviously was not an electric fane on the truck. I hijacked the key source 12 volt power wire from the fan relay to run my electric fan. The radiator replacement also required a moderation in the transmission cooling line routing. The new radiator was a crossflow with the trans cooler on the passenger side, the original was a top to bottom flow with the cooler in the lower tank. About 3 or 4 weeks after the radiator was installed, one of the trans cooler lines blew the hose off. I didn't know it until the truck stopped moving (about 3 miles from where the fluid trail began). I did a parking lot repair on the line, and dumped 8 quarts of AFT +4 into the trans. The trans appeared to operate OK except I noticed the OD was not functioning (the weather was warmer and we were doing more driving). The consonance here concluded the loss of the trans fluid killed the OD solenoids and probably caused deadly transmission problems. I accepted that and was waiting for a total failure, pulling this trans will be a major pita.

This post alerted me to the concept the fluid loss might not be the cause of the OD loss.

The fix: After spending much of yesterday looking for the missing trans relay, I was prepared to create a fan relay from scratch this morning, but the thought that the OD worked when the truck was first put together pushed me to find that missing relay. In my search for the trans relay, I began to wonder if one of the relays was mislabeled. The most obvious choice was the "fan relay". With the plugs off the trans, and the distribution box pulled up where I could check out the wiring, I started checking where the existing wires on the fan relay went. 4 wires. One (already cut) was a 12 volt ignition source. One was a battery power source. Both required for the trans relay. One wire was a 5 volt from the computer (required for the trans relay, but not required for a fan relay). The other wire had continuity with the #1 terminal on the trans connector (also required for the trans relay). My conclusion was, Mopar decided to use the 95 distribution box on the early 96 trucks, and substitute the fan relay that was only used on the 4 cylinder trucks as the location for the new trans relay. Not a bad idea, but they should have told at least their service department.

I restored the 12 volt ignition source back to the relay and reassembled the truck, and the OD works, and the trans also downshifts and upshifts. In a couple weeks we will run the codes again and see if we still have any transmission codes. For right now, I am a happy camper.