85 300zx turns over, but not getting fire from distributor?

Asked by Wms300 Jan 05, 2019 at 06:49 PM about the Nissan 300ZX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Turns over, but doesn’t start.  Strayed gas in throttle body.  Didn’t work.  
Pulled #1 plug wire from distributor, had assistant turn it over.  Didn’t see
spark from distributor to wire.  Any suggestions for next steps to isolate the
problem?

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