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Will, 1) You say the valves are ALL free to move right??, BUT, some are open and others closed right?? Are they all closed?? If the rocker arm shaft is in place, and even if they are adjusted way loose, some should be in the at least partly open and others closed as you rotate the flywheel/crank/cam, if the cam and pushrods and rocker arm shaft is in place that is. 2) When you turn the flywheel, you say theres ZERO valve movement, are the pushrods (rods that go up against the rocker arm on end opposite valve stems) moving at all???? 3) Can you remove the mag or distributor cap and see if its turning??? It should turn the same direction and RPM as the crankshaft, and it wont turn UNLESS the cam gear is turning, because thats what drives it (drives the governor shaft). 4) If the mag/distributor turns smooth BUT none of the pushrods move, it must be a camshaft problem, but it would have to be broke so the gear turns, but not the rest of the shaft. (broken shaft just away from gear???) Even so, unless its like broken and out of place completely, at least some of the valves would still be in some open position (unless cam broken off at both ends but gear somehow still turns the mag??? This is tricky lol, we need to know if the pushrods move and if the mag/distributor turns and then go from there. If it tries to start when you pour fuel in the cylinders, that tells me both valves are closed (otherwise no compression), and even the mag must be turning to produce a spark. Im wonderng if you have a broken camshaft, but how its still in place enough to NOT have some valves open and/or turn the disttributior is tricky. Let us know, Ol John T Nordhoff in Indiana. Also, be sure the rocker arm shaft is tight down against the head
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