Magnum 318 info

I see that it says for Chrysler, but I’m not convinced it works with the RE yet. Very well could, would love if it did, just don’t see any documentation that would convince me.

Because of this thread, I went and paged through a FSM out of curiousty. I thought the RE would have a couple of shift solenoids and such, but didn’t find any. Not clear on how it works, but it appears there are still valves in the VB, like an RH. What was different was that it looks like they dropped the govern from the tail shaft and made it a computer controlled governor. At the same time, they made the line pressure computer controlled. If I understand this correctly, the computer doesn’t shift the trans by opening a solenoid, but through the governor. Hmm...now that I type that, makes me wonder if they are functionally the same. Plan to actually read it as time allows, but it is still a bit of a mystery to me.

I did see information in the above controller for line pressure settings and such. Maybe it can be done. Not clear though.

This is what I understand as well. In contrast the newer stuff, the 545 series, etc, is all computer controlled with individual solenoids. I read somewhere that a Jeep 5 speed can be reflashed and "just like that" you have a 6 speed.