A couple of weeks ago I could hear my neighbor cranking & cranking his 84 Tempo.
The battery finally went dead & I thought good & I would help him later when I was’nt busy with other things.
Neighbors next trick was to back his other car out of the garage & jump the Tempo,
Once again he was cranking & cranking.
So I went over & mentioned that it was’nt going to start until we figured out what the problem was.
Turned the key & no idiot lights.
A quick test of the ignition switch showed that it was shot.
15 bucks for a new switch & a couple minutes to install it. Problem solved.
As Joseph said if the idiot lights come on & the pump runs, next step is to check for spark.