Got it last night. Not bad. PO claimed spark suddenly disappeared. I redid the ground side of battery as it was "redone' once and not well. Then started looking for spark and found "some". One wire was actually missing it's internal piece that grabs the plug. Replaced with a generic wire laying around. Would now run on starting fluid but immediately die. Fuel pump check began.
Thanks, here's what we figured out. PO has replaced pump. Pump was not coming on. Traced wire into cabin (no small feat, it's a 2x2 and how does one get the "rear seat" out?). I pulled the center console switch plate to find a toggle switch (this is hidden UNDER the OEM switch plate) Toggle is grounded and has a wire coming and going, one wire is HOT and unswitched, the other leads to the fuel pump. So, I turn on the toggle and on comes the pump. Very interesting why it is unswitched and then hidden, I mean, I suppose you could pop the console plate off every time you want to use the car but that's silly. I think I will redo it so the feed is switched and also use an OEM toggle that is in that center console (with all it's feeds clipped off). So pump comes on with key but can be turned off anytime if needed. That's how I've done it on previous cars. Would prefer an inertia trigger or oil pressure or something as a bit of a safe guard but we'll see.
So we went from getting the car yesterday with "no spark" diagnosis from PO to driving it down the road after finding jerry rigged fuel pump issue. $0 so far!
Brakes are next!!!!
This is starting out just like my X. PO was way off the mark and the real fix was "free". Knocking on wood.
