I have a check engine light on in my 84 trans am, i did the whole paper clip thing and i still cannot get it to flash out the codes for me! If its defective is there any other way to pull the codes?

Alright heres what ive got, I just got a 84 trans am Recaro edition, it has the VIN code G L69 305 HO engine, all original , I got the car for free, it has been sitting for a while, i rebuilt the Quadra Jet, and the car was running good besides the exhaust leak annoying the crap outta me. I was driving it the other night and out of no where the check engine light popped on and it started running like a dog.I got home a noticed two wires were burnt on the exhaust, I fixed them, I tried to do the self test and can not get the check engine light to blink the codes off to me, then i hooked a dwell meter on to make sure i didnt have to readjust the mixture solenoid again and now im getting nothing on the dwell, is it possible the ecm just went out on it? Im new to GM's

HAHAHAHA I got it the damn ECM fuse was blown, car runs like a raped ape now, and no more check engine light.

haha nice good you figured it out

way to go man!

i have a 3rd gen 91 z28 5.0 tpi with an automatic trans...im having all kinds of electrical issues and am about to say f**k it and get a new ecm and prom...maybe my fuse is bad too? where would i locate the ecm fuse?