Attempted to fire up a newly rebuilt 7MGE and seem to have no spark. I pulled the coil lead and duct taped it so the contact is in close proximity to a nut on top of the shock tower, cranked the engine in a dark garage with my head outside the car watching and no spark visible. Going under the assumption that the spark should be discernible from that vantage - i.e. a few feet away. Nuthin'.
The car was running okay other than a breached head gasket a couple of months ago - which is why I took it out to begin with. I haven't been able to locate anything that isn't hooked up. All ground wires are in place, no connectors that haven't been reconnected AFAIK.
Another thing that's going on is some buzzer on the passenger side under/behind the glove compartment whenever the battery is hooked up. No idea if it's related to the no spark condition. I also see the temp guage is pinned to the top, obviously a false reading since the engine is stone cold.
Thoughts, suggestions? Can a coil go bad just sitting like that? There are other components right next to the coil that I confess ignorance of. One is a rectangular, finned aluminum piece with some small brown unit attached to it. I'll pore through my shop manual to see if I can determine what these are.
Thanks for all input.