Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Drove off a 9'' curb, and she just died - FOUND IT
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:37:07 -0800

The connector was popped off the ECU by the jolt when I drove off the curb.

SOMEONE (I) didn't seat it fully when he (I) swapped out the ECU when
trying to located the source of hot weather steep uphill grade shutdowns
last summer. I'll have to have a talk with him (me).

Scott asked whether I considered the possible risk to the propane tank
when I drove off that curb. Scott doesn't understand that I'm not nearly
as bright as he hopes I should be. I concur.

By all accounts I should have mashed the oil pan or exhaust bits when
the rear tires hit the street. There was no damage anywhere on the
underside, a minor miracle considering the height of the curb. (It
looked less tall when I approached it last night -- no excuse, I'm just
sayin'.)

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.