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I was surprised to see that after 400k miles mine had no groove worn into the crank. You could see where the seal had been riding the crank but i could not feel anything with my finger nail. I did have the seal with the sleeve and installed anyway.

The most trouble I had was installing the seal in the cover. As far as risking the other fella I cant say, but if he installed one in an 03 I think he should know how to do it.

My spare harness has a 2 wire connector to the sensor but only 1 wire. No 5v signal and no shared ground wire. Only a wire to the ECM.

Mine are all snugged tight. I did buy the washers for the attachments at the windshield. Dont know if that is helping, but for an extra 25 bucks I did not care. As I remember my cracks did all originate from a connection point. But I have slept a few times since then and I could be wrong.

At $300 for the new one I did not want to take the chance of me being the cause of it failing. All of mine were re installed.

One wire I take it to the sensor?

I would agree. watch out for the crank seal. Something that surprised me is installing them dry, no lube. That always seemed weird to me. My front seal, I installed dry does not leak. My rear seal installed by someone else leaks and I dont know that it was installed dry.

Maybe. I passed the skinny part a long time ago. As I remember I still had the hvac box out to. Not much space on drivers side anyway. I think a well trained 2 year old would fit.

I missed the Austria part. I wish you luck, I have no idea how to help. Maybe another actuator can adapted.

I struggled with the ones on the drivers side too. Had my son who was skinny like I was way back then helping with those. So a thin friend is big help.

I can see that. Most of the interstates I run will get run over at 55-65. I remember a trip I made north to the next job and fair amount was on secondary roads. I was towing and kept it down around 60 or less for 2 or 300 miles. I got 12.5 mpg on that trip which was good considering I usually get 11 on the interstate running 65. But it was a slow trip. plus you just stepped down the size I have always had.

I am going to have unplug mine and see. My spare harness is the one with the wire to the sensor. I bought as an 02 harness years ago. I have bought but yet to install a new oil pressure sensor for mine and it only has 2 prongs in the connection. My spare would fit it. So I am going on a bit of an assumption for now. Happy to see your problem has been solved and you are welcome for the help. I get a plenty of it around here myself. @Mopar1973Man You ever checked yours for the number of wires going to the sensor?

I have the 265 s on mine, always have. Just thinking the tire wear might balance with the fuels savings. But I get 19.5 mpg at 75 on pure interstae runs at about 2200 rpm. Thinking of the other parts you could see savings might just justify it for sure. I would like the 245 s for towing with the boost in rpm, be much for 6th gear. I guess any gear for that matter. But most all of my towing is interstate too. Just call me a pavement chicken.

There appears to be some spots it could linger on for the right bounce to throw it into the gear train.

You could bar the engine over a few revs with a barring tool or with the alternator pulley to be sure it drooped. I dont know if there is anything else it can land on but gears. I am definitely not sure about that. I used the utra grey on mine and it worked fine.

I wonder what difference you will see in tire wear the smaller you go. Seems a little less rubber would wear quicker but i dont really know that. Just pondering the question.

I dont think I have the patience to fill thru the small holes, though you could do it. I completely understand.

65 and just passed 45 years of wedded bliss. My noggin is not free of nobs.

I can see it now DF at the key board, the wife at his side. Every time he reaches for the keyboard, the wife smacks him with mallet. I would call that pretty well trained. Whats a little knob on the noggin.

How many holes did you bite in your tongue while you restrained yourself?

The crud i remember in the picture appeared to be particles of something in the near size of a small grain sand, maybe a couple dozen darkish brown in color. They appeared solid, not sure you could have shaken them and dissolved them back into the oil. But since it was a picture I have no idea of their consistancy.

The radio helps. It almost blasts me out the door the morning after a long trip.

Ok. I will start eating me spinach.

I dont even notice mine anymore. Just part of the Cummins humming down the highway. Of course my hearing aint what it used to be.

Still something I like about this place is differing opinions with out having to fire off 4 30 round clips of Ak ammo to make a point. I can see both sides here. Though I do remember a member posting a picture of some crud sitting in the bottom of a new one gallon jug of oil. I have been looking ever since and not seen that personally. Clack clack, the AK racks.