Good things come to those who wait... or complain about not having much $ for more stuff.

Yesterday after work, I replaced the vehicle speed sensor on my 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe.

Since this is a very "mysterious" part to obtain and replace I'm including the video I used for locating and replacing the part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zqY4_DHKQ5Y

Part Number is 46510-39700

If you search Google for the part number, you can find various retailers with the part, including Amazon & Ebay.

I ordered mine on Ebay from FourGreen Auto parts on Friday, and it arrived on Monday morning.

The delivery was a bit unexpected that early in the day, especially since I was pumping a grumpy. (Taking a crap on the shitter.)

I had to open the door and shout a few times that I'd be there in a moment.

In the mean time, it was a lot of effort to quickly wipe the shit from my ass, pull up my shorts and get to the door.

I'm sure the FedEx guy didn't want me to use his stylus, since I was zipping & buckling my belt when I got to the door. (aka, I didn't have a chance to wash my hands)

So WTF does replacing the sensor have to do with good things?

Well, I suppose two things.

1. I replaced the sensor and while idling the engine after installing it, I discovered that the serpentine belt was loose.
• With the adjustments done, the car seemed to run REALLY good again.
• This I tightened up, and found that the tension pulley nut wasn't as tight as it should be.
• Duh! With a loose serpentine belt all sorts of shit doesn't work correctly.  Too damn many things run/work off of the single belt.
2. While I was tightening the belt, my HAM radio buddy, Dave, stopped by and gave me a radio to test out and offered to sell it to me for $35.
• It's a 2 meter mobile/base radio with 50 watt output.
• 50 watt on 2 meter seems like quite a bit of overkill of power where we live because it's hilly & mountainous territory and 2 meter is basically a line of site communication frequency.

Dave and I have actually been coworkers for about 18 years or so, and last year I discovered that he had just got his HAM license.  We also live only a few blocks away from each other.

Remember, this is a big deal, because we live in a small town and Dave and I typically only saw each other at the office, not around town.

Until we started getting involved with HAM radio together.

I have a Baofeng HT (handheld transceiver), and it's been my only radio for over a year, since my original 2 meter gear in storage got ruined due to a leaking battery.

Getting a 2 meter base/mobile radio for $35 is over $100 cheaper than the lowest priced new mobile/base radio I could find.

The radio is an older Kenwood, but MUCH newer than my original Kenwood that got ruined.

I've yet to hook it up to a power source and antenna, but will do that sometime this afternoon.

Winding this up, if you need info on that speed sensor, the initial information above should help.

As for the waiting for the good things, it does work.

I often think complaining about it will help others with "extra" stuff to consider giving or selling things for cheap.