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Just asking here but how did you determine TDC? As for the rotor, something is amiss. If you are confident, really confident, that you have the flywheel marked at TDC for the motor, then bring the motor to TDC for No. 1 cylinder (the compresson stroke). Take a piece of chalk and put a vertical line directly under the middle of the No. 1 plug wire tower on the cap. You are putting this mark on the body of the distributor. Double check that you have the firing order right with the plug wires. Once you have confirmed the firing order on the cap is corect, remove the cap. The rotor should be pointed directly at your chalk mark. If its not, loosen the screw on the clamp, not the bolt for the octane selector, and turn the distributor until the rotor is pointing directly at your chalk mark. If your TDC determination is corect, you should now be very very close to, if not exactly on, TDC.

Remove all of the plugs and make sure they are clan, no soot. Reinstall. Now try to start the motor. It should start. If its not, then something else is going on here. With adequate cranking compression, spark, clean plugs and fuel, you should be running.