My car is a 82 Spider.It has been the model for the car that put "Tony' out of the mechanics game! I have had her for 10 years,with very few problems.Today,I drove about 20 miles and then made a 10 minute stop.Upon coming out of the store,the car wouldnt start! It cranks and cranks ,but doest seem to fire at all.Also,I smell fuel while cranking even though I cant find any leak at all.Fuel pump is energizing with the AFM flap.I pulled plugs and I have spark.I checked all connections at the ignition switch,coil,dizz,etc.. All seems fine. I got under the car while the wife cranked it and I see no fuel leak but I do smell fuel pretty strongly.I have not checked to see if the pump is actually pumping fuel yet.Any ideas what I might check? Would the pump energize with a bad double relay? It was so sad to see her getting towed back to my house
That is the first time that I have had to do that,and this car doesnt get babied! I welcome any feedback
When I crank it ,there is a strong smell of fuel.I guess from the raw fuel not igniting?The weird thing is I seem to have spark!The mag p/u looks fine,but I have a new spare so I may throw that in,just for giggles.I also will check to see that my fuel pump is actually pumping.Pretty confused at this point.I feel it is something simple,as it was running perfectly when I shut it off at the store.
I had some time this afternoon to look things over.I went ahead and changed the mag p/u as I had a brand new one and the wire to the existing was a little suspect.Cranked,no spark.Put in a known good coil and checked all my connections.I see spark.Put in the plug,and cranked.Heard a sputter.Held the pedal to the floor(f.i. car 
) and it starts 'sputters,backfires,belches,then settles into a rough idle.I played with the timing,by ear,and it smooths out.I let it get up to temp,and it is revving nicely to 5k.I move it to the other side of the garage and the tach starts going wild Up and down quickly.Then....she dies.Wont restart,and the garage is filled with a awful smell of lean(?) engine.WTH??? I am truly dazed(the fumes) and confused.Any ideas? Defintely electrical ,but I am not sure where to look.When running the engine sounded normal and healthy