[FrankWest]

I am trying to decide what to do next.
If the pin is sheared off the distributor shaft you would think I should be able to spin the distributor cam around by hand, right?
Have the timing gears been know to fall especially after 80 years...
this strange plastic/whatever it is made of could have delaminated.
To removed the cover on the timing gear do I have to drain the oil out?
I have been making a lot of choices so far troubleshooting and it seems like everyone was Wrong!
To remove the valve cover to see if the valves are working thereby verifying that the timing gear is working means draining the engine oil, and replacing the gasket with a new one right?
At Least I am learning a lot about this car, which is what I wanted...
I anted someday to be able to keep it running on my own.... The best way to learn is to do it.
If I bought a newly restored car, it would just sit in the garage and I never would have learned anything.