Knocked the wire off the fuel pump?  BTDT!

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-sage brush a million miles from nowhere w/o cell coverage in NV

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>

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Tom Buese