To answer your question Charlie, you are correct. The resistor makes the computer things the CAGS is still installed and functioning. you might get the visual cues that the skip shift is still there periodically.
To the guy who paid $.79 at Radio Shack, you got ripped a little on the price. Should be about $.15 at a wholesale electronics shop. To the guy who pays $60, I have a bridge in NYC I want to sell you.
