Car won't start. Is it the fuel pump"

[bennington28]

My car had been sitting for 1.5years with a blown engine. A rebuilt engine was dropped and the car turns over, but does not fire. I pumped all of the gas out of the tank and added fresh petrol. Car still does not start. I do not hear any noise coming from the fuel pump. Maybe the pump is stuck from not being used for so long? Plugs have a slight fuel smell, but they are not wet. Before I spend 180$ on a new fuel pump, I would like to know what else I should look at or try. Fuel fuses are good.

[itsmycookie]

no start
could be lots of things, spark plugs, distributor, fuses, etc

I've never had a car sit for that long, so I don't know for sure

[jm_2thow]

what year?, maybe try gettin some starting fluid and sprayin it in the intake, or on the air filter, see if u can get it to start up then, if it runs for a few sec and then dies then its somethin with your fuel delivery, if it doesnt then its somethin ignition, try some simple trouble shooting like that

[Nick]

do the plugs spark? just take one out, plug it back into the cable and touch something that's grounded, clean block/head will do

i think there's a fuel pump check in the haynes manual

[bennington28]

these are good ideas