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From : dodge50

Q: the volume of a cylinder is a dimensional measurement of space within the cylinder while the volume of a material whether liquid gas or solid is the amount of that material. within the space true for a liquid and a solid... gas is different. from a basic definition of this state of matter gases will expand to fill any container regardless of its size. therefore for a given volume of any container the gas in the container has the exact same volume as that container. always. molecule of oxygen into a 20 cu in container it most definitely would not have a volume of 20 cu in. it absolutely would... see below. it would take up the same molecular amount of space that a single oxygen molecule always takes up it would just be in a 20 cu in space. you are aware that gas at virtually any pressure has space between the molocules of said gas again from another section of the definition of gas many of the properties of gases can be understood by considering the fact that only a small part of the volume of a gas is occupied by its atoms or molocules which are in rapid random motion. essentially the gas molocules or molocule in your rediculous example are constantly moving around bouncing off each other or the cylinder walls. what youre getting hung up on is you want to measure the volume of a gas as the space physically occupied by the molocules of that gas and discount the nothingness between them. it doesnt work that way for reasons stated above. no unless the pressure was zero at sea level it would be x cu in of gas compressed or decompressed into a 20 cu in container. wrong. its 20cu.in. of gas at x psi. again to describe the amount of gas you express it either in mass grams moles or a combination of volume and pressure. you can then freely convert between the various measurements. as a real-world example an 80cu.ft. tank of argon is a measurement of the volume of that gas at standard temperature 32f and pressure 14.7psi what youre referring to the x cu.in. of gas compressed/decompressed... is the measurement of a gas at stp standard temperature and pressure. thats a measurement of mass again because we know both volume and density. using the above lets take my 80cu.ft. tank of argon again. 80 cu.ft. of argon or any gas since were calculating moles and not mass at 32f/14.7psi is 101 moles. now approximating the size of said tank because i dont feel like going outside and measuring it lets call it 6 in diameter and 36 tall. thats about 1018cu.in. 1018cu.in. of gas at 70f room temp. and 2200psi again a rough approximation but thats about what my gauge reads when its full calculates out to 103.5 moles. close enough... so you see... we can take 80 cubic feet of gas and convert its volume to ..59cu.ft. 1100cu.in. and have the exact same amount moles. and why can we do that because the volume of a gas is always equal to the volume of that which contains it. this is basic high-school chemistry.... nothing overly complex here. .

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From : dodge50

crb wrote trying to decide between 1500 and a dakota. salesman said the hemi gets about the same gas mileage as the dakota. hard to believe given the hp difference. which years and engines are good to stay away from in both the 4.7l could be a great motor if they ever work the bugs out of it. i get about 18 mpg in my dodge dakota lemon all around with the limited slip differential a heavy foot and 15 inch wheels. jam .

From : john

good info max dodge. as a lurker here i would just like to say that ive always been a ford guy when it comes to trucksgassers. if i were wanting a diesel to tow with id switch to dodge in a heartbeat. that engine is the only proven one as far as im concerned and its been a good one. -- paul o. oplholik@gmail.com the ford diesel is a navistar and has some problems since its introduction. the gm diesel is a joint venture with isuzu and is an aluminum headed design which can be problematic. the most important difference regardless of the design details is the main design feature. the dodge has a cummins inline six the others are a v8. ford navistar v8 7th year of manufacture has had seal problems on the turbo and generally is not the leader of the pack in this race. not a terrible engine and is a reputable manufacturer. transmission is typical ford design which is to say more complex and more electronics than really needs to be. result is that it can be a bastard to fix if it fails. chevy isuzu designed v8 5year of manufacture aluminum heads which are a problem on gasoline engines are applied to the high compression world of diesel with mixed results. one thing is sure just as in the gasoline world the aluminum head on an iron block is a point of gasket failure and the added stress of high compression is no help. transmission is the much talked about allison but word is running around with some reliability that the alllison can fail at the 60k mark due to various reasons. i suspect this may be for reasons other than design but this allison isnt as good as the allison reputation from what im hearing. dodge cummins isbe with more than 20 years of manufacture starting with the b5.9 then bta 5.9 then isb and now isbe engine design is from a pioneering manufacturer that makes only diesel engines. design has had 20+ years of evolution. inline six is design type that is proven to make the most torque from the smallest displacement. engine is heavy in all respects and has a longer life expectancy to first major overhaul than the others. trans is the proven 48re which has 20 years of manufacture on the od unit plus 20 more for the main transmission. overall if you plan on towing a lot the dodge is the one to get. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. i am trying to decide which truck to go with and was hopeing i could get some advice from the group. are there any advantages or disadvantages to any of the diesel engines offered by the different mnufacturers .

From : dodge50

no it has mass but that doesnt mean that it has weight in a given weight is the application of gravity to a mass. if theres mass and theres gravity theres weight. plain and simple. but we do not live in a vacuum tom. apparently some of us do... this planet has an atmosphere and its mass and density must be taken into account. what did i just say i said at 0psi at 14.7psi or at 10000psi - it doesnt matter... a given mass will always weigh the same regardless of its volume pressure or temperature. note in order to not go off on all kinds of wild tangents im deliberately ignoring the factor of acceleration here... for our purposes all objects being discussed are assumed to be at a constant speed... could be zero could be mach5 - but were not going to introduce acceleration into the mix here.... things are complicated enough that mass of helium not volume remember.. weighs 11.25lbs. here on earth. in a vacuum yea but we dont live in a vacuum. how much does it weigh out in the open as both a liquid and a gass sigh 11.25lbs. tom.... pressure does not change the mass of a gas only its volume. therefore since mass is constant and so is gravity hang on again..... thunk.... yep still constant it weighs the same. yes because then it has a weight positive downward force. no... it has greater density than its surrounding gas... has nothing to do with weight. it still weighs the same. go back to the ice cube example.... why does an ice cube float in a glass of water is it weightless does gravity somehow stop acting on it because you put it in the glass why does the weight of that glass increase when you plop an ice cube in it its the exact same principle youre continuing ot argue and its absolutely rediculous. if allowed to expand such that its density is less than the air around it it floats upward. yes again because its downward force weight is removed. incredible.... you actually think the gas loses mass because its allowed to expand... wrong it has everything to do with weight because weight is not mass. weight is the measurable net downward force and if this force cannot be measured in a given enviornment then it has no weight. see definition in previous post. weight is the measure of the force of gravity exerted upon a given mass. because it weighs the same because the mass is constant and gravity is a constant. but mass and gravity are not the only players. you do know that right you must because you keep talking vacuum for the weight of helium. when it comes to weight they absolutely are well again - setting acceleration aside - but were not talking about objects in free-fall here. gary first brought up the idea of a vacuum to counter your claim that helium didnt weight anything. he suggested weighing a bottle with a vacuum drawn on it then a bottle full of helium and note the difference. this was also to dis-prove your assertion that helium had no weight. the next person to bring up vacuum was you... you asked me how much 1000cu.ft. of helium would weigh... i told you 11.25lbs. you asked in a vacuum or at 14.7psi as if that would make a difference... it doesnt. i replied that it didnt matter... at 0psi at 14.7psi or at 10000psi... the mass of 1000scf of helium and just so were clear thats a measure of the amount of gas that would fill 1000cu.ft. at 14.7psi and 60f would always weigh 11.25lbs. here on good ol planet earth. if it is buoyant then the downward force of gravity has been matched with an equal and opposite force. remember that vector addition you were talking about. yep - i sure do. the net resultant vector doesnt mean the component vectors dont exist. and also again just because something isnt exerting a force on a mechanical measuring device does not mean gravity isnt still pulling on it. and after all thats what weight is. we just measure it as a downward force because its convenient to do so. but hey feel free to weigh a buoyant object while in its still in its buoyant state and let me know what it is. you really are like an ostrich with its head in the sand... if i cant see them then cant see me. for the umpteenth time just because you personally cant measure an objects weight by placing it on your bathroom scale and reading it does not mean the object isnt being affected by gravity. and that not your bathroom scale reading is the scientific definition of weight.... the amount of force exerted upon a given mass by gravity. .

From : badger

fwiw there is no limp home mode mentioned in any form in the 00 fsm description of operation of the 46/47re nor my 03... there is for the 545rfe though. still - why would it be mentioned in the tsb what i want to know is... how exactly is it supposed to engage what can be done electronically to prevent the application of 1st or 2nd gear .

From : bob m

5000 lbs. is that the empty weight or after you have loaded all your stuff into he trailer eg water propane food beer clothes etc. at 5000 lbs you are actually the maximum towing capcity of 4900 lbs unless you have the tow package then max capcity is 8300 lbs. -- coasty sempar paratus always ready remove the spooge to reply .

From : mac davis

on fri 15 jul 2005 100914 -0400 hp howard.page@comcast.net wrote limited slip differential.... lower gears give you more grunt and will get the load moving faster... they will also make the truck run at higher rpm so your hiway mileage will decrease... some folks say that lower gears raise the mpg in town because the truck doesnt have to work as hard to get moving imho the k&n is doing what it does best making noise and what it does even better letting more dirt into the engine.. other than that its worthless.. on the other hand i have to wonder if youre towing up grades in od we have a 99 ram quad cab 2wd auto 5.9 gas 3.55 rear end... we haul a travel thats 5000# dry probably close to 6500# loaded with all our crap and it takes a major grade to slow us down a lot... you have more horsepower and more torque with the hemi so you should out tow us by a big margin.. does your ram have tow-haul mode are you using it a general rule of thumb is that if the truck is hunting or up and down shifting a lot you should have od locked out... we always tow without od figuring that you cant hurt it to lock out od and our mpg is the same or better with it locked out... ymmv .bobthanksbut besides being the acronym for a drug what is lsd also you mean even though i might never tow in 4x4 mode i would need to change gears in front also what would changing gears up to 3.92 due to my mileage also by changing the gears does this mean that the engine wont need to race up as much to get up the hills. with the k&n intake my wife and i can barely talk to each other when i rev up for the hills. sorry i ask so many questions but i know very little about trucksenginesrunning gear. thanks howard. hp wrote i have an 04 1500 ram 4x4 5.7 hemi quad with swb. the gears are 3.53. i bought this without knowing anything about towing and at the time only intended on towing a pop-up trailer which we never felt behind us. we upgraded to a 25 foot camper approx 5000.lbs. when in the hilly areas we noticed that we really have to work to get up some of the hills. we have only modified the truck with a k&n air intake kit so far. what should we do to give this truck a higher towing capacity i have heard changing the rear gears would help how much would something like this cost would my fuel mileage suffer i have 12000 miles on the truck now and would get screwed over by trading it for a 2500 ram. thanks howard changing rear gears is certainly the best bang for the buck. 3.92 should be fine but if you live where speeds are rarely 65mphish you might even consider 4.11. as to cost that can vary. to simply change the gears youre probably talking about $200-300 per axle. the front axle is usually a little more because its tougher to get to. if you dont already have lsd you might consider that. dodge trucks with the corporate 9.5 rear are pretty famous for lunching the carrier bearings at 60-80k miles. if you take it to a shop for a gear change have them put some quality bearings in there. then you never have to worry about it. -- .bob 1997 hd fxdwg - turbocharged! 2001 dodge dakota qc 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 mustang coupe - daily driver 1966 ffr cobra - ongoing project mac please remove splinters before emailing .

From : roy

if you are asking now for when this happens there is something else the matter too! i had the dealer do the throttle body and injectors cleaned because of a rough idle. how long should it be before i feel a difference if that was the cause of the problem you should feel an immediate difference. mike .

From : bryan

tom lawrence wrote accumulator what he means that since the systems been de-pressurized for so long and able to absorb moisture the accumulator which contains a dessicant to absorb moisture should also be changed because its probably saturated. thanks tom .

From : dodge50

roy wrote heres the deal about a year ago my wife sold he 2k eldo to her sister. about 5k after the transaction the car started to use oil. about 1&1/2 quarts every 1500 miles service manager at the local caddy place claims that is acceptable im not buying it. to take it a bit further thats 3 quarts gone between oil changes.car has a extended warranty but runs out in about 6 months. anybody know somebody who works at caddy service that might be able to get there hands on one of those memos or tsbs its my feeling that there is a known problem with the northstar and caddy is trying to wait her out. tia roy sumpin like this http//www.alldata.com/tsb/general-motors/index-issue.html yup would like to find one entitled engine excessive oil consumption. there must be one somewhere. roy .

From : big al

by uncompressed im assuming you mean at normal atmospheric pressure and temperature... 11 pounds 4 ounces. a liter of helium at scf temperature/pressure weighs .1785g. you can do the math... are you talking in a vacuum or under normal atmospheric conditions with air. .

From : steve k

on thu 14 jul 2005 012604 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote acid. a small amount dripped onto a very small diameter vacuum line that runs under the battery and connects to a silver can. cruise control. the vacuum line provides well vacuum that is regulated by a solenoid valve to the canister. the canister via a diaphragm operates the throttle cable and modulates the throttle. with a hole in that vacuum line youll find that your cruise control doesnt work your defroster may flip down to the floor vents on hard acceleration and your 4x4 if applicable may not want to engage. sounds like the making of a pretty good country western song tom.. *g* mac please remove splinters before emailing .

From : Annonymous

thats right you fucking retard and if you bothered to look at your formula you would see that a mass multiplied by an acceleration is a force so weight is a f o r c e and btw the formula is w = mg. but...................a few lines ago you said that weight is a measurement of a force not a volume or mass which is correct. if weight was a volume or mass then the object would have the same weight anywhere in the universe. so your current stance is that you can have weight without mass correct read the formula retard. if m = 0 then w = 0 regardless of the value of g. weight is a measurement of a force acting on a mass. if the mass is 0 there is nothing for the force to act on and then the weight will be zero. now weight is a net force although i realize this is way past you limited comprehension and if the forces around the mass cancel out the force acting on the mass the weight has to be zero. if this were not true lighter than air aircraft would never leave the ground and boats would not float. now if you are talking about atomic weight that is a different story but that is not what we are talking about. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : officer

on tue 12 jul 2005 174911 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote on tue 12 jul 2005 053409 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote sorry tom but you are incorrect here and your vacuum description proves that. the volume of a cylinder is a dimensional measurement of space within the cylinder while the volume of a material whether liquid gas or solid is the amount of that material. within the space wrong. material is measured in weight or fluid increments. volume will always be the amount of space the material can fill not the amount of material. lol material is not always measured in weight and fluid increments are a volume measurment and you can get 100 oz of liquid in a 200 oz container and it is still sold or measured as 100 oz. the same goes for gas although gas is usually sold in a compressed or liquid form iow more cu in of gas than the cu in volume of the container. any volume measurement of a gas is meaningless if the density is not taking into consideration. and that is my point pinhead. because the density can change the volume of gas within the cylinder can change as well even if the volume of the cylinder is fixed. i thought i was trying to be nice a bit sarcastic maybe but nice nonetheless. nice my ass shithead. since i dont know you where do you get off starting with the name calling especially since it appears that you dont like getting it back. with a handle like tbone youve got to expect some variations on it being thrown back at you dont be so freakin sensitive dipshit... really why because you are too immature not to use them. i suspect you have somewhat of a grasp of the issue you just havent a clue as to how to express it in a coherent manner much like your math in the great k&n debate. pretty lame response there buddy. i apparently have a much greater on than you since i actually know how large of an area 80cf is. poke a hole in that container the pressure inside far exceeds atmospheric pressure here on the surface of the earth therefore the co2 escapes until the pressure in the container equals ambient atmospheric pressure. if you capture this gas as it leaves the container say in a ballon and discounting any amount lost due to leakeage the weight of the gas in the ballon will equal the original weight of the gas in the cylinder but the volume will increase dramatically. lol wrong. it will have the same mass but a very different weight. you do know the difference between the two dont you. cant wait for this one please explain in detail how and in what manner the weight will change and how this will not affect mass. because weight is measurement of a force acting on that mass gravity and is influenced by both the density of that mass and the mass of things around it. while you may not have affected the mass you did affect the density which will affect the weight. youve got x weight of co2 in the original container compressed in a cylinder high density more weight. you simply transfer it to a larger container which reduces the density and the weight. if this co2 were instead he it would still have a weight in compressed or liquid form but when allowed to expand back into a gas it would have no weight at all and actually carry your balloon away and yet still have the same mass it always did. you have seen a blimp right uncompressed in a balloon. where do you gain/lose weight if the weight changes how does the mass not change because weight is a measurment of a force not a volume or mass. lesson 101 completed. snip hey boner you are about to go to a wrecking yard to dismantle an old truck with your o/a cutting torch. you have two 80 cf o2 containers. one is pretty light in weight the other relatively heavy. the job is expected to take several hours and is an hours drive from your home/work. you only have room for one of your o2 cyllinders. which one do you take and why they both contain 80 cf of o2 correct if that is true it shouldnt matter which cylinder you take choose the lighter one it will be easier to move around... that is not true and i never said that shit for brains. i in fact said quite the opposit. while the container may have an internal volume of 80 cf which is quite large moron to start with dipshit you apparently have never dealt with common gas cylinders 80cf is a standard size. whos playing the moron now once again that would be you. you do know big 80cf is dont you unless your tank is 3 x 3 x 9 or some like dimensions to equal 80cf the rating is not the physical size of the tank it is the maximum amount of compressed gas the tank is designed to hold. the physical tank size is only a few cf. there could and better be considerably more o2 than that remember that it is compressed and the heavier one would have a greater volume of gas and hey look the same size container. wrong dipshit t

From : bob m

the volume of a cylinder is a dimensional measurement of space within the cylinder while the volume of a material whether liquid gas or solid is the amount of that material. within the space true for a liquid and a solid... gas is different. lol no it isnt. if they all have a mass then the same rules apply. from a basic definition of this state of matter gases will expand to fill any container regardless of its size. wrong. while a gas has a property unique to it that allows it to change size while maintaining the same mass there are limits on this ability and the container can be too small for a set volume of gas to fit inside. and going the other way a set amount of gas may expand to the size of a larger container but the container is not necessarily full by definition. therefore for a given volume of any container the gas in the container has the exact same volume as that container. always. no it may always change its size to the volume of the container the amount or volume of gas remains the same. if you take 1 cu ft of gas and compress it into a 1 cu in container you still have 1 cu ft of gas simply compressed into a smaller space. molecule of oxygen into a 20 cu in container it most definitely would not have a volume of 20 cu in. it absolutely would... see below. incorrect. the standard unit of measure says this in simply not true. a standard cubic foot of any gas has a specific mass and changing the size of the container does not change the mass of the gas within it. it would take up the same molecular amount of space that a single oxygen molecule always takes up it would just be in a 20 cu in space. you are aware that gas at virtually any pressure has space between the molocules of said gas again from another section of the definition of gas many of the properties of gases can be understood by considering the fact that only a small part of the volume of a gas is occupied by its atoms or molocules which are in rapid random motion. essentially the gas molocules or molocule in your rediculous example are constantly moving around bouncing off each other or the cylinder walls. correct but as you should also be aware a standard cubic foot of any gas is an industry standard of measurement. this standard cubic foot takes the gas molecules and the space around them into account in the measurement which is indicated by the measurement being made at a specific temperature and pressure. what youre getting hung up on is you want to measure the volume of a gas as the space physically occupied by the molocules of that gas and discount the nothingness between them. it doesnt work that way for reasons stated above. actually tom that is you doing that. the nothingness as you put it is taken into account with the unit of measure. by setting a pressure and temperature when making the standard measurement you are removing the nothingness out to the equation and are only concerned with the mass of the molecules alone. because of this a standard cubic foot of any gas is nothing more than a measurement of the mass of the molecules contained in 1 cubic foot at specific conditions. because of this the space between them no longer has any meaning so if you increase the space between them expand the gas of reduce the space compress the gas the volume of gas as a quantity measure does not change. no unless the pressure was zero at sea level it would be x cu in of gas compressed or decompressed into a 20 cu in container. wrong. its 20cu.in. of gas at x psi. again to describe the amount of gas you express it either in mass grams moles or a combination of volume and pressure. really do you have natural gas goint to your home what is the meter maeasuing it in i would bet that it is cubic feet not moles or grams. i do find it funny that not to long ago you accuse me of only seeing things my way and here you are doing exactly the same damn thing. as they say those in glass houses.... you can then freely convert between the various measurements. as a real-world example an 80cu.ft. tank of argon is a measurement of the volume of that gas at standard temperature 32f and pressure 14.7psi exactly my point. now unless the measurement of the inside of that tank has an actual volume of 80 cu ft and that would be one huge tank your example proves my point. if the tank has an actual internal volume of 2 or 3 cu ft and it is said to contain 80cu ft of the gas then the volume of the container does not always equal the volume of gas contained within it... i rest my case. btw i do believe that a standard cubic foot is measured at 60f not 32f but i could be wrong. what youre referring to the x cu.in. of gas compressed/decompressed... is the measurement of a gas at stp standard temperature and pressure. thats a measurement of mass again because we know both volume and density. this is co

From : big al

on tue 12 jul 2005 174911 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote on tue 12 jul 2005 053409 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote sorry tom but you are incorrect here and your vacuum description proves that. the volume of a cylinder is a dimensional measurement of space within the cylinder while the volume of a material whether liquid gas or solid is the amount of that material. within the space wrong. material is measured in weight or fluid increments. volume will always be the amount of space the material can fill not the amount of material. lol material is not always measured in weight and fluid increments are a volume measurment and you can get 100 oz of liquid in a 200 oz container and it is still sold or measured as 100 oz. the same goes for gas although gas is usually sold in a compressed or liquid form iow more cu in of gas than the cu in volume of the container. any volume measurement of a gas is meaningless if the density is not taking into consideration. and that is my point pinhead. because the density can change the volume of gas within the cylinder can change as well even if the volume of the cylinder is fixed. i thought i was trying to be nice a bit sarcastic maybe but nice nonetheless. with a handle like tbone youve got to expect some variations on it being thrown back at you dont be so freakin sensitive dipshit... i suspect you have somewhat of a grasp of the issue you just havent a clue as to how to express it in a coherent manner much like your math in the great k&n debate. poke a hole in that container the pressure inside far exceeds atmospheric pressure here on the surface of the earth therefore the co2 escapes until the pressure in the container equals ambient atmospheric pressure. if you capture this gas as it leaves the container say in a ballon and discounting any amount lost due to leakeage the weight of the gas in the ballon will equal the original weight of the gas in the cylinder but the volume will increase dramatically. lol wrong. it will have the same mass but a very different weight. you do know the difference between the two dont you. cant wait for this one please explain in detail how and in what manner the weight will change and how this will not affect mass. youve got x weight of co2 in the original container compressed in a cylinder you simply transfer it to a larger container uncompressed in a balloon. where do you gain/lose weight if the weight changes how does the mass not change snip hey boner you are about to go to a wrecking yard to dismantle an old truck with your o/a cutting torch. you have two 80 cf o2 containers. one is pretty light in weight the other relatively heavy. the job is expected to take several hours and is an hours drive from your home/work. you only have room for one of your o2 cyllinders. which one do you take and why they both contain 80 cf of o2 correct if that is true it shouldnt matter which cylinder you take choose the lighter one it will be easier to move around... that is not true and i never said that shit for brains. i in fact said quite the opposit. while the container may have an internal volume of 80 cf which is quite large moron to start with dipshit you apparently have never dealt with common gas cylinders 80cf is a standard size. whos playing the moron now there could and better be considerably more o2 than that remember that it is compressed and the heavier one would have a greater volume of gas and hey look the same size container. wrong dipshit there is still 80cf of gas in there regardless of what the internal pressure is or do you not accept the proven scientific fact that gas will expand to fill whatever is containing it snip voodoo interpretation of science dj .

From : dodge50

they usually just slide right in. are you sure the u-joint section isnt getting hung up on the steering knuckle somewhere ...... yes its all clear. when it gets hung up did you turn it back and forth while pushing on it a little bit yes but im not sure that the inner section was necessarily turning. the axle is actually two pieces split at the second spline. i could be turning the outer section but the inner section could remain stationary. i tried pulling it out of the seal all the way rotating it slightly then trying again but i get that same solid feeling stop. remove the cad motor four bolts and you can see the axle as you slide it in. maybe the locking collar is gumming up the works. whatevers causing the problem if its on the spline end youll be able to see whats happening with the cad removed. when putting the cad back make sure the shift fork properly engages the collar. i will try this in the morning if the weather permits my truck is outside. as i read this a question comes to mind. if the shift fork must be engaged when i reinstall the motor how does it engage by merely sliding the two piece axle back in the tube thank you for taking the time to respond and offering your help. i am without a vehicle until i get this taken care of. regards jim .

From : john

look for a its usually white ceramic coated some times square or rectangularopen balast resistor one of its wires should be going to the coil jw .