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

[Bryan Kamerer]

I used the 5k sensors off an ebay vendor from Fla this spring.  They LOOKED
well built; time will tell.  I took the extra length and zip-tied it to a
steel brake line mounted to the driver's side of the engine bay wall.

Frak, you know I think I actually had a chitty-chitty Bang Bang lunchbox kit
as  a kid, too.  Either I did or my brother did; I recall that pretty
clearly.  Frankly that's a bit disturbing.  Now that I think hard about it,
I believe it was my brothers and I had "The Six Million Dollar Man."  At
least I still have my Daisy Red Ryder in fine working order!

I used to live in downtown Seattle, just next to the Seahawks stadium.
First summer I was there, I did not know about this "SeaFair" thing and the
Angels. I was renovating my condo after I bought it, and one day was coming
out of the Home Depot along 4th Avenue South between there and Boeing
field.  Just as I came out, The Angels went overhead at about 200/250'.
Four-ship flight in parade formation (tight). Barely above stall speed like
they were trolling.  Very cool.  My jaw dropped, literally, one of the few
times in my life.

I turned to the guy walking next to me, who was looking away, and I pointed
skyward and said, "Check that out."  He glances up for only a fraction of
second then strides away, and then muttes/spits out "Crypto fascist military
freaks!"  There are many nice things about the Seattle area, but the
over-abundance of knee-jerk left-wing libtards is not one of them.  It was
just a fascinating display of precision airmanship, not some grand political
theater.

Today I was driving down 405 on the east side of the Lake, just after the
show ended.  After they cleared the airspace, the first plane out of Boeing
Field was a C-17 Globemaster III.  They must have had a little of the stunt
bug, because I watched them hit lift up to the South about 4,000 feet, level
off, then snap-roll the thing to like 40 degrees to come around to head
Easterly.  Watching something that big manuever like that is very
impressive.

Let's see, was there some V8 content in here?  Oh yeah, the 5k sensor wire
stuff.  They work great.

Bryan





On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:40 PM, toml99 at todomundo.com
<toml99 at todomundo.com>wrote:

> 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
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