[V8] Hello (again), and maybe some advice?

[Bryan Kamerer]

Hello all,

I'm back after years away.  I'd been active on the list from about '96 to
'02, back when I was in NY.  Then I went silent for a while during some
heinous grad school, now I'm in the Seattle (Eastside) area.  The last few
years I've had my V8 off the road, but recently decided that was silly since
it was a) fun to drive and b) either the Toyota went or it went as space was
at a premium.  I liked the V8 much more.  The fact it was a 5 speed made me
always hang on to it as it's fun to drive on the rare occasions you can get
some open road to play with. So I'm turning it back into my driver.

And of course, as soon as I decide that, it dies on me in a mysterious way!
So I'm also looking for advice.  It won't start, and I appear to have no
fuel or spark, but plenty of crank.  The car was last driven on a short hop
about 3 weeks ago.  A little hard to start (had been sitting a while) but it
ran fine.

1) Pulled plugs, can't smell fuel after cranking and there is no spark when
cranking.  Do not hear fuel pump when cranking.
2) All fuses OK.  Pulled fp relay, jumped it, and fp whines away audibly.
When cranking in this mode, still no fuel or spark.
3) with key on, I pulled each coil connection (the three-bladed connector).
One blade on each coil had power with key "on."

What could fail and take away spark and fuel at the same time?  Any
suggestions for further diagnosis?  I'm decent with motorcycles and older
cars, but the various sensors and control components of modern cars is not
something I'm "up" on.

Again, hello, and thanks to anyone who wants to chime in with ideas or
suggestions.

Bryan