It's OK to do a brief spark-to-block coil wire test.

Try to find places where there might be a blockage or leakage of fluids
or electrons .

youweren't worried about bashing your propane tank under there ?

Surely something fell off , as in disconnected, or perhaps smashed.

On 2/3/2013 8:11 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> So at halftime of the Super Bowl, Mrs Elliott and decided to go to a
> different sports bar. To avoid backing up, like, 50 yards to the curb
> cut, I just slowly drove the van off a 9'' curb, onto the street. No big
> deal, I've gone over bigger bumps in the backcountry.
>
> But she just died. Would not start. No sign of damage on the underside,
> no fluids leaking, electrical system (lights, dash) working. Called my
> stepson, who works for the local tow company to haul the van back to our
> driveway. He speculated that it might be the fuel pump. Sees a lot of
> those failed after bumps in his line of work.
>
> I'll take a look at it in the morning. I'll open the engine compartment
> and look for anything obvious knocked loose.
>
> (In Days of Olde, When Knights were Bold, Before Electronic Ignition was
> Invented, I'd check for spark by pulling off a plug cap and seeing if I
> could draw an arc to the engine, but I have been told that an open plug
> line could cause damage to the coil, so I don't know if that's a smart
> thing to do.)
>
> I reckon it could be fuel or ignition. What are my cheap and easy ways
> to check these? And any other tips for quick and dirty ways to figure
> out what the issue might be.
>
> I'm thankful this didn't happen in the backcountry.
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>