92 dakota, no spark

[kunar]

i friend of mine bought a dakota for his son to drive, they've had it for almost a year now. btw, its a 92 with the 5.2 (?) v8. they met up somewhere and left the dakota parked, and when they got back it wouldnt start. i checked for fuel at the rail, theres some pressure but i dont know how much. i didnt get a chance to get a pressure gauge on it. also i can hear a relay clicking when you turn the key on, so im pretty sure that that's for fuel. the coil though... i checked for spark at the coil. nothing at all. they took the coil off and took it to autozone and had it tested,. they say it's okay. i didnt have my multimeter with me or i would have checked for power to the coil, but right now im assuming it doesnt have any? what's next to check? is there a cam or crank sensor that might be playing into this??

 

[multiranger]

I'd put a spark tester on one of the plug wires or a plug to see if it is has fire... there was an issue with something inside the distributer back then but I can't remember what the part is called...

 

[RUTH]

may not help you, but i had a 93 Dakota that started having erratic spark, sometimes would start, and sometimes it wouldn't, i was stomped for months on it, and i eventually replaced the computer ( which was not cheap) and BOOM problem solved...