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Originally Posted by rhandwor

If the distributor doesn't move it won't run I assume the screws were in the rotor. Hold by hand and check for something broken. I've had the top catch and bend the metal blades that run through the pickup badly before and purchased a rebuilt distributor. After I found this I didn't try to spin it by hand.
If doing the other tests suggested don't show you anything. Put a socket on the harmonic balancer bolt. Use a rag and try to put a pair of vise grips on the distributor shaft and try to get something to shift.
Also feel the distributor I've found worn bushings in them before but the rotor still moved.
Use a strong flashlight and look in the hole for a broken part in the block.
Keep looking until you find the problem.
Make sure the hold down clamp isn't broken they will come upward and quit working.

I found out that my distributor shaft had a little play verticaly about 3/16 is that normal? would this affect something or when it's seated the (play) just getting tight?