I went down the next day and it started. I drove it home ( 1 mile ) without incident. I've started it several times since then, but haven't driven it any distance.

So at the moment no problem is no problem. Previous to this there haven't been any issues. I've owned it since Sept 2009. The truck has 130K with an unknown maintenance record. The PO had done a slight tune up ( cap, wires and plugs ) but nothing more.

I've flooded it before and it would start with some coaxing. In this case it was completely dead, turning over without any hint at starting.

Thanks for all the input and I'll keep you posted.