OK, so my car has been sitting for a few days, due to a flat I got the other day, had to special order tires, etc. So my dad was gonna borrow it the other night, car wouldn't start. I haven't given starting it a shot yet, but he said there is a whine when he turns the key, but the engine won't crank. Any ideas on what to check?

 

jump it

 

Nah, the battery is still good.

I actually got out and checked the wires from the distributor, and one of them isn't sparking. Guess I just need a new distributor...

 

Or new justwires [&:]. You have a multimeter?

 

New cap and rotor actually... just got it fixed...

 

Good.

For future reference, start simple before throwing expensive new parts at it in hopes the problem will disappear.

Glad you got it worked out for cheap