Really appreciate the picts and work!! Did you notice I have an Auto Shutdown Relay?? What the ghj@#? I am truely stumped and figured the Dodge gurus would have been all over this. I wonder if the manual trans trucks are similar to mine?? Does anybody know??

Hey john, have you run the vin to verify what the truck is, should have etc?

excellent thought..............this could explain a few things

Something is definitely up here. I have a 96/auto and my PDC looks exactly like Onewhl750's. We need a VIN check here for sure.

The 8th digit of the VIN will be a "D" if it came with a diesel. Maybe just start there. Check the VIN with the door jamb sticker.

that PDC is from a gas truck, I have the same one in my 97 1500 stripper with a 3.9

!! UPDATE FIGURED OUT !!
 

After being confused and frusrated, I went to a local shop which is run by a ex-dodge cummins specialist. I explained all the problems and things I had found and showed him the pdc I have (without the relay). He looked at it and said " huh, then we won't worry about it, just splice in behind the battery box".

Well I did just that. I removed the air bx and spliced into the # 54 wire ( bottom row, left side, fourth from the mounting bolt). After sending it through a swith to ground I have the lock up switch!!

This splicing is much like the ones on the web regarding the 94-95 Cummins. I don't know if my truck is and odd ball or not. The truck is a legitimate '97 and if something was rewired or converted they did one @#$% of a job because it look and fits factory and seems untouched.

Thanks to everybody who chimed in on this.

good to hear you have reached yer goal on this :deal: