[V8] Hot "no start" in crowded ferry line

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

Well......my luck ran out, and the sensor finally said "NO".....I had  
to pick my g-friend up in Seattle(80 miles), and planned accordingly  
with a jug of water and a funnel/hose for the impending no start  
issue. Easily could have driven the truck, but didn't.   Embarassing  
as it is, I actually brought my Chitty Chitty Bang Bang thermos from  
my childhood lunchbox(which would still exist if I didn't use it for  
"kick the can" at some point and I no longer have it.  Told it would  
be worth at least $100 if I still had it.....Anyway, put ice water in  
the thermos, and the car was flawless going down there.  Flight got  
delayed(Southwest, leader in delay's from US NEWS) from 9pm to the  
eventual 12:45 PM....we stayed at my  friend's place nearby.   Car  
started fine hot/cold the night before/that night.  Got up, car  
started, got breakfast, car started(hot)...going thru traffic towards  
the highway, car pukes totally in dense traffic..   Good friend/best  
Saab mechanic on the west coast is luckily 4 blocks away, and I get  
it there.....It's still early, and nobody's there......It's right on  
Boeing Field, and Seafair is this weekend, so the Blue Angles are  
taking off for their training run(which was the cause of some of the  
gridlock as they close the bridge for safety.....)......While waiting  
for my friend to get to work(he's a ferry guy)....they take off, and  
buzz the neighborhood low.....6 FA-18Hornet's at takeoff right over  
the shop was awsome....then when they buzzed us at full throttle 200  
ft......thought it was going to break some windshields(30 saab  
windshields, with mine included)......the neighborhood was packed, as  
people know, their "warm up" is out of Boeing Field", and it's pretty  
easy to find a spot at the end of the runway which is where they  
point upwards......Kinda fun.
So I decided(as the 2 new sensors are in transit as we speak), to  
just switch the 2 sensors.......When I finally got them out(lacking  
my 10mm box end that's bent to get at them......I switched the  
sensors, and was good to go.  The reference sensor was "loose" at the  
sensor end and tested to zero, and taped it up before reinstalling  
both....got us home.  How did it start with the "speed" sensor  
testing zero?......I don't really care, as the new ones are here on  
Monday, and I won't have to worry about it.....Tom