SportRam00
Senior Member
Short backstory... 2000 Ram 1500 5.9l
At some point before I owned my truck, it was in an accident. The body shop replaced the radiator support and other body panels with a support from a 98 Ram with a 5.2l engine. The stickers from that support show the engine of my truck as being a 5.2l. I have verified by looking at my engine block that my truck does in fact still have the factory 5.9.
Fast forward to now...
I was looking through the receipts I got from the PO of my truck the other night and found a receipt for a transmission rebuild that happened a few years ago. On the receipt, the shop marked 5.2l and noted that the transmission was rebuilt and the torque converter was replaced.
This leads me to believe that when they rebuilt the trans, they used a 5.2l torque converter. I know that the 5.2 and 5.9 are balanced differently, however, there is much confusion about if the torque converters are weighted or if only the flex plates are weighted.
Does this matter? I feel a very slight vibration at around 45-50mph when driving and also when I rev the truck in P or N and I haven't been able to pin it down.
At some point before I owned my truck, it was in an accident. The body shop replaced the radiator support and other body panels with a support from a 98 Ram with a 5.2l engine. The stickers from that support show the engine of my truck as being a 5.2l. I have verified by looking at my engine block that my truck does in fact still have the factory 5.9.
Fast forward to now...
I was looking through the receipts I got from the PO of my truck the other night and found a receipt for a transmission rebuild that happened a few years ago. On the receipt, the shop marked 5.2l and noted that the transmission was rebuilt and the torque converter was replaced.
This leads me to believe that when they rebuilt the trans, they used a 5.2l torque converter. I know that the 5.2 and 5.9 are balanced differently, however, there is much confusion about if the torque converters are weighted or if only the flex plates are weighted.
Does this matter? I feel a very slight vibration at around 45-50mph when driving and also when I rev the truck in P or N and I haven't been able to pin it down.