46RE - no reverse....new to forum

[eddyt]

Hello and thank you for having this forum. I have owned a 1999 Dodge 2500, 4WD, Cummins. automatic for 4 years. I live in Wisconsin and if you know anything about our roads you know they are salty in winter.

After 20 years of life, the body and now the frame have given up. I went to MO and bought a 2000 2500 with gas engine. The plan is to replace the gas engine with the diesel. Swap the motor, trans, rearend (if needed) to make the gasser a diesel. State of Wisconsin has a method for retitling, so that is all good.

On the trip back from MO 4/5/19, the frame snapped. Somewhere along the line it decided to let go.

I have a couple questions. First, has anyone done this swap before and is there anything I need to watch out for?
Second. the truck that I brought back has no reverse. I am reading that this is common. I will be pulling the pan off and looking at the insides. I think I have a good start on what to do, but would like to know if anyone has any specific suggestions.

I have no history on the gasser dodge as it was a bank repossession.

Any help, hints, tips, explanations, etc are greatly welcomed.

 

[DodgeTx]

try adjusting the bands on the transmission with no reverse, 1st and reverse band. There is a writeup on here I believe. If you cannot get it to work satisfactory may be worthwhile to do the standard swap. Youll be moving everything over anyway, so youll certainly have the tools and man power.

 

[eddyt]

There are about 100 write ups and videos on no reverse. The thing I did not mention is the 5.9 and transmission may go into a 1977 el camino I have sitting here. Would be odd to have a mopar drivetrain in a chevy, but I look at it as a free upgrade from a 2bbl 305. That would give me a ton of hp and fuel injection for driveablility. So before I made that commitment, I would need to make sure it fit and that I could get the transmission to work....