Over the weekend I built a 1915 engine. Upon doing so we had issues with the distributor clamp and the distributor gear moved a tooth. The engine is completely assembled so how do I lift that gear up far enough and turn the gear to where it should be without loosing the spacers at the bottom?

Question 2; I installed the 8 dowel lightened flywheel to set the end play and now I can not get the flywheel off to install the spacers and the rear main?

Any help is always greatly appreciated.

one tooth wont matter just reset timing by turning distributor that engine does care where number 1 is bring it back up to top dead center and put wires on cap in firing order 1 4 3 2 if it moved then what happened to the thrust washers under distributor drive r they still there or did they fall in the case ?????? and the flywheel they make a tool to remove it it bolts to pressure plate bolt holes and has a long threaded piece that pushes it off or gently work it back and forth untill it comes off dont break the case

X2 I've had an engine that was 180 out of where it was supposed to be on gear. ran perfect after wiring it right. That's why I got it so cheap. As for flywheel. something to hold the flywheel and if you have an old pressure plate to weld to a pipe to. bolt it to flywheel and hold it like that.