my cars been down for 6 months WON"T SPARK

ramcharger- I've tried that and it won't spark to the ground if the dist. is in the motor. I've done that test. But then I took the dist. out and spun it by hand and it sparked to the ground perfect.

440 duster- when I spin the dist. by hand it's out of the engine.

could there be a problem with the dist. grounding to the motor.

I broke one of the gaskets for the waterpump today so I'm going to go get another one soon put it back together and make sure I have 12 volts even though I'm pretty sure I do.