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Just to let you know, pretty much all the plugs changed on the sensors from OBD1 to OBD2, so if that '98 you bought has a complete motor, then you'll have everything you need.

I believe the 360 has the smaller rear main cap and the 318/340 has the larger.

Which LA small block was this pan for? LA 318/340 is different than LA 360 and all the magnums use the LA 360 pan.

Yeah, second year of the 5.2 magnum. My latest magnum swap was in a '91 TBI 318 Dakota. '92 harness and A-518 trans with a '98 magnum 5.2. They do have a serpentine belt setup on those '91 TBI motors, but not quite a magnum setup, as they have a smog pump on them. They also have(and use) the...

It's possible it may depend on the year. I did a 5.9 magnum swap in a '71 Scamp and used the 360 Schumacher mounts and everything was fine. Did a 5.2 magnum swap in a 71 Duster and bought the same mounts, didn't work on Driver's side and has to order a 318 driver's side bracket from Schumacher...

The 5.2(318) magnum is internally balanced, the 5.9(360) is externally balanced. So two possible ideas are: Maybe you have a 5.9 and not a 5.2 Maybe that flywheel came off an LA 360.

Is the orange wire just for lighting up the gear selector? I always thought any orange wires in the interior harness were for lighting.

Yeah, that was the problem. I wonder if that's the same problem with my Scamp now.

It does have a black wire that lines up with an orange wire at the plug, so I should cut the black wire then I guess. On a positive note, it works! I now have power at the brown wire in the crank position! Woohoo!

I bought a new ignition switch, so when it comes in I will just plug it in under the dash and see if that gives me cranking power at the brown wire. If that doesn't work, it'll probably have a toggle switch like my Scamp.

That's what I originally thought, but to have two cars in a row where the brown wire doesn't have power in the crank position made me think that maybe I was missing something. I still need to go out to the '71 D100, that is the next magnum swap, and see if I can find a crank position power wire.

Yeah, definitely can't use the starter relay wire for that exact reason. I already back probed the ignition switch connector, and it's the same thing. Brown wire has power right in between run and crank and the yellow wire is the only wire that has power in the crank position. I need to check...

Ballast resistor and voltage regulator are long gone. I found the two blue wire connector for the resistor and it has power in the run position. I found a brown wire with no connector on it and it only shows power when I hold the key right in between run and crank. I remember when I did this...

No luck, it's just like the first magnum EFI swap I did. I even back probed the wires at the ignition switch harness connector can't find a wire that has power when on and when cranking. The only cranking power wire I found was the one for the starter relay. Any other key on power wire I find...

Doing my second A-body magnum EFI swap on a friend's '72 Duster. When I did the swap in my Scamp a couple years ago, I couldn't find a wire that had power with the key in the run and the crank position, so I had to toggle switch the power wire for the computer. Thought maybe it was a problem...

I've few different setups on various magnums right now. '71 Scamp, 5.9 magnum: Hooker headers, 2 1/4 pipes all the way to the rear bumper and Thrush welded mufflers. Not much different than the Flowmasters that were on it previously(had one of them come loose inside and start rattling, so tried...

You will need a 5.9 computer of the same year as the truck. Possibly a '97 computer would work also, but do some research on that. If the 5.9 your using is a '93-'95, then there will be some differences in some of the sensor connectors(like the cam sensor in the distributor), and the throttle...

You're gonna have to give us some more info on this swap you're attempting. Do you have the complete underhood harness from the Dakota in the car, including the underhood fuse box and the big square connector(with a bunch of wires in it) that went to the firewall in the Dakota? Or has someone...

As long as you're going carb on your magnum and not EFI, seems like that flywheel/weight package will work.

Old school LA 318 is a 5 bolt cover, and the Magnum is a 10 bolt. However I have seen guys use the LA Mopar performance valve covers on the Magnum, they said the 5 holes on the LA cover will line up with 5 of the holes on the Magnum head.

Yeah, you need to keep the PDC with the underhood harness. And, as stated, once you've stripped the harness down the only two wires you have to connect(other than grounds) are power to the computer and a power out(from the PDC) to the fuel pump. I have recently done 2 more harnesses( a '97 and...

I just used a Dakota TB hat and hose, then connected it to an air filter with a scrap section of exhaust pipe I got from my local muffler shop. Sorry for the dirty pic, this was when I was first putting it together.

The 5.2 and 5.9 are the same gasket, wherever you're searching for this gasket has the wrong info. Just so you know, the LA oil pan gasket will work also.

I know this has been discussed before and there are opinions on both sides on using the magnum oil pan gasket or the LA. You're definitely not "supposed" to only use the magnum oil pan gasket. Either one works, just one requires extra sealer. All I know is that the LA works as it's intended to...

No A/C and power steering? Then this is an idea. Air Conditioning/PS delete solution

My next magnum EFI swap is going to be a '71 D100. It is manual steering, and this is what I've been thinking about doing. I just added a grooved pulley off another old tensioner I had laying around. It's real close to the water pump where the heater hose pipe goes in, but it does miss it...

I just bought a chrome Mopar Performance dipstick and tube for the LA motors with passenger car oil pan. Once I installed the tube, I used a little map gas torch to heat the tube and bend until it cleared the Alt/AC bracket that is used on the serpentine belt setup.

I'd say if you're going to keep the EFI and drag race it, you need to replace the "keg" intake manifold. Either try and find an old M1 EFI intake, or get the Hughes magnum Air-Gap.

I've seen kits to mount an alternator under the plate and then driven with a small belt off the crank, haven't seen anything for power steering, and definitely no way to install the accessories in the stock location to run the serpentine belt.

I just looked at their motor plate. That plate pretty much blocks the area where the PS pump and alternator bracket would go. Yes, you will run into problems.