Clark Michigan wheel loader Continental engine weird pro

I am trying to get a neighbours wheel loader running to sell it. One of the problems is that the distributor is skipping and going 180 out (The distributor has a key instead of a gear like normal) It Was running well and then I tried moving the wheel loader and then it would skip pop and backfire like crazy and any attempt to adjust timing will stall the engine. I then started the engine and tried again then it wouldnt rev well and then it died so I took off the cap with the engine at tdc cylinder 1 (Mark on the flywheel) and it was pointing at 6 so I pulled the dist and set it back to point at 1 which is 180 degrees away from 6 and had it running again it was running decently then but not as well as before I think it might have been the timing slightly off. Anyways I tried moving it again and the same thing happened It started running bad and then it stalled with the dist 180 out. When I did have it running with the dist slightly loose to time it the dist would wobble a ton but even with it tight it would still jump. The engine is an inline 6 with the dist sticking out of the head (flathead) They are basically all the same except for size. It has new sparkplugs and the carburetor has been cleaned thoroughly.

Thats the flathead continental engine. So why not pull
the distband fix the problem.

Darn phones put what they want. Should be pull distributor and fix it.

I have a Clark Michigan with a continental. I have found that a lot of Clark forklift places still have parts for the continental motors. You will need to know
what motor you are working on as there is a lot of variation. Mine has an L head 245 CI motor.