98 Jeep magnum

68coupe said

Hey Treblig - how ya doin'?

You are right about the starter being on the right side. I was under the impression that the block was standard, that the starter went on whichever side the transmission dictated. I got the starter, but not the transmission. It was 4WD anyways. I assumed that the starter wouldn't work with any other transmission that had a left side starter. I'll have to look at all that tomorrow.
I certainly hope that the 5.9 will bolt to an older Mopar transmission. If not, I may just have to sell it as a Jeep motor. I have noticed that the 4.7 transmissions have the starter on the right side also.

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Yep, 4.7 transmissions are ambidextrous- it's also the same trans as a 5.7 uses. Well, some- there's a mess of transmissions that were used in those years- so let's just talk about Dakotas, Durangos, and Jeeps- which from '99 to 2003 all used only (5)45RFEs. Course, control one without the stock PCM- that's more interesting. I have a WJ 45RFE sitting around- it'd be wicked to have a 6 speed auto behind an LA/Mag in something with FI like a little Cherokee- but the aftermarket controllers that've been used on them are very high dollar.

The niner's trans is actually a pretty neat one-off deal. It's a 46RE- an electronic 518 as opposed to the electronic 500 the 318 Jeeps got, since Jeep's are passenger starter and there were unique bells- there's only as many passenger 46RE cases as there are niners. OBD-I 318 Jeeps apparently got 46RHs to go with their Dana 35s. So is it useful- not for you, is it valuable- probably even as a core.

Looks pretty well robbed honestly, you might want to take lots of pics for those ZJ people to see if they can catch anything they want to fund your project for.

Pretty sure the mounting's all there for either side starter on every motor- the cases for Magnum and LA motors are unique in the starter location though.