[mleder]

You should make sure the steering column is in the correct orientation. Your spark lever rod to the distributor off the column which connects to the upper plate has only a certain amount of travel . To see if your in spec move the spark lever in the cabin all the way up. In the cutout of the distributor body the connection to the plate should be all the way to one side . Then move spark lever in cabin all the way down, again the connection to the plate should be all the way to the other side. If this is not the case you cannot and will not have the full function of the degrees of advance or retard that you need to run the engine