Thank both of you. I pulled the whole thing apart and will be starting over. I was very careful to not move the rotor when I was pulling the distrubitor out to make sure that it was driving the oil pump. It wasn't. The distrubitor was on the cam gear but never did drop into the oil pump. I ran it on and off for about 3 minutes when I could get it to run, hopefully I didn't do a lot of damage to the bearings. Only time will tell. Darn it all. Well I am going to Kmart and buy a 6 volt battery charger and a dwell/volt meter to see if I can confirm everything before I try to start it again. darn, darn, darn...also I bought new distrubitor but it didn't come with the vacuum advance. I slid my old vacuum advance on (after I cleaned it up) and then put on the two oil ring seals. Does it mater where the vacuum advance is located on the base or just get it in time and then when all is done tighten it down so the vacuum line that runs to the carb is lined up on the right side? That wouldn't seem to make much difference is that a correct assumption?