thanks guys, i am looking for the easily understandable here, just to have the basic understanding here. i realize that anything i use in the court process will be comming from the isuzu tech's. if things are understood, the better i can explain for both my own, and to the judge if need be. it is going to be held in small claims court so there wont be any lawyers, it will just be me trying to make my points. the better i understand what happened, or happens, the better i can present my case.
thanks again for the info, chopper, and thanks for the advice trekker

david