The distributor rotor turns clockwise as you look down on it, so be sure you get the firing order right- - - -numerically and direction-wise. Pull the #1 spark plug out and "thumb" the hole for compression whlie someone else taps the starter, then put the #1 plug wire into the distributor cap wherever the rotor is pointing when the compression pops your thumb off the hole. Any cap tower can be #1. The engine doesn't care as long as the firing order is good and the ignition timing is set right.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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