As some of you know, I have spent = the afternoon trying to run down a problem in the FI system on my 82 Westy. = About 30 minutes ago, I had it running well and it had been idling for about 15 minutes. Thought I might have lucked into a fix so I decided to = put the engine lid back on. Kinda slipped with the lid and dropped the = leading edge on the deck just above the alternator. Did not hit the engine = in any way. The engine died. Tried to start it back up and it began = to run rich and smokey again. (Aargh!) Let it sit for about 5 minutes and = it started back up and idled with no problem.

Just for a fluke, I thought I might = try and re-create the incident. Took my screwdriver and struck the deck in = approximately the same place. Same thing happened. = Eventually repeated the process two more times. Each time, the same thing happened.

Close inspection shows that NO wires = run underneath that particular area of the deck. The only thing close = is the license plate lights, and they are working fine.

The only thing I can think of is = that there is something loose in the ECM that is being effected by vibration. = The ECM is the only thing close enough to even receive some of the = shock.