Latest bulletin in the endless timing belt job from hell:

The car was noisy and down on power when tested the other day, but it wasn't hard to start.

Yesterday, I went out to continue testing. No start. Tried jumping, still no start. Checked the battery, no green eye. Looks like the original 1994 factory batt, so it had a long, good life. Went out and got a new battery and swapped it in this morning.

New batt has plenty of juice, but still no start. No sound of starter engagement, no buzz, nothing. One faint click when the key is turned.

Did a fuse get cooked by the jump? I check everything that might be starter or ECU related, in both the cabin and underhood fuse boxes. Everything is A-OK. Futz. That's it for the easy fixes.

Guess I'll put a meter across the starter terminals and see if it gets voltage.