Quote Originally Posted by mudbog42
Hmmm... well could the dizzy be stuck, because I just tried again, and that bolt was loose enough that the hold down clamp could no way be holding it. I'll have to try again tonight, I'm getting ready to go to work right now.

As for the shuddering, I haven't noticed any oil drops on the driveway at all, its actually not dripped anything on my driveway since I got it on saturday.
Sometimes a distributor needs a bit of inertial help - like with a few gentle taps with a large hammer to the vacuum advance in the direction of rotation.

If there are no oil spots, something in the clutch assembly is most likely worn out - my guess is that the 6 springs around the center spline are possibly shot. If that is indeed true - drive it 'til it wont move under its' own power tho clutches for these cars used to be dirt cheap - be careful with rebuilt discs though