Wont start

[big dwag]

I have a 1988 vette with a 350 tpi motor, The motor will spin over but will not start. I'm not getting any fire though the distributor out to the wire's. Now i have replaced the coil & the pickup coil, & the ignition module. But it still won't fire, I'm not getting any fuel to the rails eather, But i know it could be the pump. If i can get fire though the plugs then the fuel won't be a problem. The car wasn't running when i brought it.

[danielsatur]

Check for fuse's and stuck relays.

[Scrapper]

are you sure when changing coil you put the spring under it rite?

[big dwag]

All fuse's & relays are good, & the spring is in right too.

[Scrapper]

then i would check the plugins and wires you can see plugged in going to distributor see if a wire is broke?

[big dwag]

The wires did look good, But what is the chance that the computer could be bad?

[danielsatur]

A 1988 with how many miles?
Maybe the ignition switch isn't providing the battery for the ignition module.

[big dwag]

Not sure about the miles i'll have to check, I have a friend with the same year vette, And his car is doing the samething, He took it to the dealership and they said that they couldn't find the problem, The guy i bought my car from said that he drove it all of the time, And parked it for awhile (like a year) then it wouldn't start, and thats how i got it.

[danielsatur]

With the ignition key ON, doe's the lights, horn, and other bells & whistles work?

[big dwag]

yes, Everything comes on

[Scrapper]

Originally Posted by big dwag

I have a 1988 vette with a 350 tpi motor, The motor will spin over but will not start. I'm not getting any fire though the distributor out to the wire's. Now i have replaced the coil & the pickup coil, & the ignition module. But it still won't fire, I'm not getting any fuel to the rails eather, But i know it could be the pump. If i can get fire though the plugs then the fuel won't be a problem. The car wasn't running when i brought it.

you think maybe you got a bad coil? and did you replace rotor button because i don't see where you said you did? i done all that once replaced plugs,plug wires,dist.cap and not rotor button and still wouldn't start and bought rotor button and it fired rite up on a camaro and in the snow colder than a witch's tit and boy was i mad but i started working for my dad since i was about 13.

[big dwag]

No i didn't replace the rotor button, Because the guy i bought it from said that it was new, But today i hooked into the computer to try and get a code, if any. And it should give you a code 12 to tell you that its scanning the computer, And it wouldn't give me a code 12, The book said if you don't get a code 12 you have to fix it first before it will run a scan. So how do i fix a code 12? Is it the computer? Because thats what its trying to run?

[big dwag]

Sorry, Guys not trying to talk about a old post, But i haven't been able to give a update, After looking at all of the wiring i found that it wouldn't fire because the guy i brought the car from, When he put the new battery in he hook the poss cable from the starter to the neg side of the battery & the neg cable to the poss side of the battery. After swaping them around i was getting spark to the # one plug. Now the fuel pump works, i got it to come on for a few seconds, The pump relay had some bad connections on the wires, & I also found the sinal wire going to the fuel pump wasn't getting any voltage. So i think i'll just put a toggle switch in and turn the pump on myself.