cut it off and absolutely refuses to restart,until.... (long)

I thought about that last night, however I didn't see the check engine light. It doesn't come on when I turn the key, and it's not where all of my other "dummy" lights are. Does an 88 have a check engine light? It's got a little cluster of them to the right of the steering wheel, gas,low coolant, and two others, but no engine light.