hi..have a 1984 380sl that will not start. car sat bout 2 months and battery was low. jumped started with battery charger follow-up. engine turns over strong but will not fire.replaced coil, distributor wire. ovp fuse is good(replaced). have 12v reading at positive coil terminal. o volt reading at negative coil terminal when leads connected. if i disconnect the wires at negative coil terminal i get a 12v reading. i'm lost as to what to check next. was thinking about the ignition pick-up in distributor.

thanks

Do you know how to check spark? Tried spaying some starting fluid?

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1994 Ford Taurus SHO
1999 Kawasaki Ninja ZX9R

could be the fuel pump relay.

do you hear the fuel pump buzz as you turn on the ignition?

thanks for the reply fellowa. i checked for spark several times. no luck! i'm convinced it is an electrical issue and not a fuel issue. you can smell fuel when you crank the engine. any other ideas?

thanks

if you have a compression gauge, check the compression, but since you know that you have no spark only thing I can think of without looking at the car myself is the distributor and ignition control module, I would go with the distributor, modules don't go bad right away they usually give intermittent no starts since this is not the case the distributor remains, you have a spare? They can run expensive

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1994 Ford Taurus SHO
1999 Kawasaki Ninja ZX9R