Fuel pump works fine and I can control it. There is a whole thread from me on that issue...

Engine does not sound different when cranking. Very smooth, no clatter anywhere (I also worried about broken timing chains...). Just as normal, except no firing on any cylinder.

I suspect the sudden loss of power may have come from the rupture in the vacuum hose for the pressure sensor. I had the car on axle stands under the chassis and had accidentally lowered the jack under the motor mounts so the engine dropped a bit, straining the very old hose. It did fire a couple of times up with that, but as I said, at one point after a couple of days sitting, it did not want to fire up at all anymore.

My suspicion is ignition because when I pulled plugs the other day, one seemed wet. I may have had a bad coil and now that I have installed petronix, the timing may be off. Nevertheless, I am surprised I don't even get a sputter. I had my MG V8 once off by 180 degrees after an engine pull, and it still barked (talk about backfire...). My next step is to check timing but my strobe light is kaput. I may just have my son try to start it while I rotate the distributor a bit to see whether it makes a difference.

Which is the fuse for the ECU? I thought it was controlled by the master relay which gets power directly from battery? Or are you talking about fuse 2?

Thanks,

Bert

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'73 MGBGT V8