Like above, thumb over no. 1 hole, crank motor, east, one little blip at a time. As soon as you feel compression, use the fan belt to bring the bb on the flywheel to the pointer on the bell housing. You can get there by blipping the motor but it will take you a couple of times. So the better approach is to do it by hand.
Once it’s all lined up, look at your distributor and put the grease cap at like 9 o’clock, the stud for the coil wire at like 7 o’clock. Decide where you want no. 1 wire. I like mine about 4 -5 o’clock. Put a vertical chalk mark on the body of the distributor directly under the middle of the wire tower for the location you selected, again, on the body of the distributor. Remove the cap, install the rotor, rotate until the rotor is pointing around the chalk mark, maybe even in front of it, and start installing the distributor. Make sure the shaft tang is actually getting into the oil pump slot because it is possible to get the motor started without the tang turning the oil pump. Once it’s in, center the octane selector so it’s centered on 0. Rotate the distributor until the rotor is pointing at your chalk mark, tighten the screw on the clamp. Install the cap, run the wires and you are pretty close if not exactly on tdc. Start the motor and adjust the timing with a timing light if needed. Might even add a couple of degrees advance.
