Thanks for all your help. I kept moving the cover in different positions. None of that worked. Finally I push the cover down with force and pull the distributor up out of the way and the cover went into place with little or no problems. I did put some gasket seal on the cover in some places to keep the gasket from coming off. Thanks again for all of your help.
valve covers are a virtual nightmare that id rather not do again. the old gaskets were bonded to the cover and took a while to scrape off, that and the magical forceful method needed to get them back on.
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