Pull the number one plug out and stick your finger in the spark plug hole. Crank until you feel a compression stroke. Keep turning the engine in the same direction slowly until the ball lines up with the pointer. No. 1 is now on TDC. Move the distributor in the direction the rotor turns until the points close. Put the cap on and attach the spark plug to the plug wire and lay the plug on something grounded like on top of the valve cover. Turn the ignition on and slowly turn the distributor the opposite way until the plug pops a spark. You are now timed at TDC and you can go from there.