I have the tool that we made to prime the pump and it works great for turning the oil drive by hand, but even if I do turn that it still wont drop because the distributor wont drop all the way until it meshes with the cam. So no matter how I turn the oil pump I can't get it exactly pointing towrds the number one clyinder/plug hole. Its either at the clyinder before number one which would be 3. I fired it up again today and it will run at about 20 Degrees before and when I turn it town to about 16 or 12 she dies out even if you give it gas then back fires out the carb.

does the distributor make a difference I know its out of an old parts car maybe even from a 305. Balancer is off a parts car too.

Also when im turing it to top dead center or 0 on the timing mark cover I can feel compression tell the timing mark hits about the top of the motor or crank and faces straight up, by the time it hits the timing mark on the cover it seems to have lost its compression.

Im stumped!