Kennymonster

No wiring changes were made... just a simple battery replacement. I'll have to look over the grounding wires again, hot coils and no spark is making me look that way but apparently it came undone by itself somehow since I didn't change anything else.

Bear with me guys, just got a s30 after owning a z32 for several years. I got very familiar with the VG platform, but have never worked on a carburetor vehicle before. Quick summary: - Ran fine as of 2 weeks ago, just had carbs tuned by a mechanic. - It sat for a week, few days ago I drove it around the block a few times to get used to the 6 puck clutch. I noticed a major stumbling/hesitation under load. - Yesterday, I had planned to get the timing checked and carbs retuned to address the stumbling hesitation, couldn't get the motor to start. Realized the battery had gone dead. Flooded it in the process of trying to get it going so I can limp to the shop, didn't happen. - Put in a new battery(25-DL), it cranks fine, now it won't spark. Another look see and saw that the ignition coil has been leaking oil.... must've been for few days. It was overly hot to touch. The vehicle is a 240z with L28 and MSD ignition system. Ok.. so I replaced the coil (with a non MSD brand if that matters), cleaned the plugs. Nothing. Distributor spins, rotor is clean, just not getting any spark from the coil. + and - cables on the coil has power, the main cable from coil to distributor has none. I honestly don't understand what could've gone wrong between swapping batteries, but the coil's been leaking for a while maybe that killed the module? I'm not sure where to go at this point since I think I covered the basics, anything more extensive is foreign territory to me. edit: The new ign coil also gets overly hot to touch, can't rest your hand on it for more than a sec. I cleaned all the grounding wires.