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From what I can see its no newer than 98, but would need to see connectors on throttle body and coil, if it has big coil plug its 98 and down and if it has large TPS & MAP plug on TB then it would be a 96-97. It has a very odd fuel cross over line which made me lean towards 96-97 but Chrysler often carried some extra parts to next year. I took some photos so you can figure it out exactly.
Coil on top is 92-98, coil on bottom is 99-03.
This is early TB 96-97 Ram, notice large round pins on MAP and TPS
This is later 98-03 all models, notice smaller plugs with flat pins.
Chrysler did away with round pins when they went from 8V sensor power to 5V sensor power as less surface area was needed for lower volts. They went from 8V to 5V when they started using CCD Buss communications therefore, Rams in 96-97 had round pins but 96+ Grand Cherokee had CCD and flat pins and 97 Dakota has flat but 96 is round....go figure why Chrysler went broke? If it seems confusing, dont worry, its taken me 18 years and I still see new stuff all the time. We have lotts of info on whats what on our sites in FAQ section in case you get lost in the BS....almost forgot, 96-97 Rams have 2 coolant senders(1wire for dash and 2 wire for PCM) and a 2 wire oil pressure sender. :realcrazy:. Let me know if you figure it out or post a pic of intake by upper rad hose to see if it has 2 coolant sensors.
From what I can see its no newer than 98, but would need to see connectors on throttle body and coil, if it has big coil plug its 98 and down and if it has large TPS & MAP plug on TB then it would be a 96-97. It has a very odd fuel cross over line which made me lean towards 96-97 but Chrysler often carried some extra parts to next year. I took some photos so you can figure it out exactly.
Coil on top is 92-98, coil on bottom is 99-03.
This is early TB 96-97 Ram, notice large round pins on MAP and TPS
This is later 98-03 all models, notice smaller plugs with flat pins.
Chrysler did away with round pins when they went from 8V sensor power to 5V sensor power as less surface area was needed for lower volts. They went from 8V to 5V when they started using CCD Buss communications therefore, Rams in 96-97 had round pins but 96+ Grand Cherokee had CCD and flat pins and 97 Dakota has flat but 96 is round....go figure why Chrysler went broke? If it seems confusing, dont worry, its taken me 18 years and I still see new stuff all the time. We have lotts of info on whats what on our sites in FAQ section in case you get lost in the BS....almost forgot, 96-97 Rams have 2 coolant senders(1wire for dash and 2 wire for PCM) and a 2 wire oil pressure sender. :realcrazy:. Let me know if you figure it out or post a pic of intake by upper rad hose to see if it has 2 coolant sensors.