[V8] V8 Sensor Replacement

[jason.carey@riverrestoration.org]

Audifans,

Your enthusiatic support and this list convinced me to keep my beloved 
(but tiring) V8 (ie Whats the next V8 post).  

I sucessfully replaced the speed and ignition refrence sensors.  PITA.  I 
think the best tool I had was my flexible fingers and my medium sized 
arms,  I continually thought, as I was twisted in every direction, that it 
would be impossible if my arms were any bigger.  Smaller people will 
definatly have an advantage in replacing these sensors.  Going through the 
wheel well to disconnect the plugs was the way to do it.  I tried to detach 
the connector mount (17mm and 13mm bolts) but stripped the head of the 
13mm bolt and performed the job without removing it in the end.  In 
stripping the 13mm bolt I realized the reason they wern't both 17mm is 
because there is not even room enough for the 13mm head.  Another key 
to small arms is to have a large assortment of 10mm wrenches with 
differing offsets and lengths.  Really all that needs to be done for this job is 
unplug the sensors from the connector mount and remove the 2 10mm 
bolts that hold both the heat sheild and the sensor mount in place.

Result: Hot start problem solved!
Before I had the hot start problem I had a crank twice problem.  I had to 
turn the car over, reset the ignition and then start it on the second try. 
Solved!
I also had a very subtle acceleration hesitation where the spedo would 
hover slightly every 500 rpm interval during acceleration.  This seems 
solved also and acceleration feels much more smooth and linear. 

Thanks!
Jason