krista

I do have the manual, thank you for the link though. I am just kinda lost on where to start problem solving through the manual.

also is the "Sensor" light on the left of the guages suppost to stay on after all the other lights go off and you get the "Ok" light???

So I did some test as the manual suggested and it let me to believe the ignition coil was bad. I replaced it with a new one, but still no start. On a side note: Wondering what the oil pressure in these cars is supposted to do when the key is turned on. Mine has no pressure, then I crank it and after a few seconds it will come up and then go back down after releasing the key. Is this the common practice for these cars. I am at a loss with what to do as of now. I am a wrench head and have tried all the normal trial and error procedures, but as you all know and I am figuring out is these cars are far from normal.

There is no spark coming from the coil wire. What do you guys normal ground it to, because the wire is not to long and not many good spots to test it? What is the next step if there is no spark from the coil wire?

no pushing for me. might just go to talk to some fellow Z enthusiast, and possibly get some help I just cant figure out why this thing wont start, just turns over and over and no fire

I live in Humble, and would love to meet so someone could tell me why my Z wont start.

sounds good I will try it when I get home thanks

Hey guys. Wanted to say Hi to all of you and hope to become adicted to the forum, . I live in Houston, TX and have a 193 280zx. I will get pictures up soon. Would like to get it washed before some pics but I am having trouble getting it started right now. I already created another thread about my starting problem. Well hope to become part of the Zcar Club family. Peace

Hi guys, I am new to this forum but not new to the forum world. Wanted to first start off by saying hi and I have already enjoyed browsing around and finding out a few interesting things. So now that my intro is done lets get straight to a problem I am having. I have a 83 280zx with a non turbo 6. I brought the car down from my home in Amarillo and parked it in the gaurage. Went to drive it a month later and it would not start. So i went through the basics and I am stuck on spark. What is the best way to tell if the car is getting spark. I tested a plug pulled out against the valve cover to see if I was getting spark and NONE. Is there another way for my to check spark that you guys know of? I need to get this first problem solved before I can more on to something else. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.