clem,
You still have me nervous...If you are ripping the engine apart and putting it back together, the ONLY concern right now is to get the cam gear and the crank gear in the proper position. This proper position is with marks on each gear adjacent to each other along an imaginary line drawn through the center of the cam and crank.
It is very simple to do, but very important. There are NO OTHER concerns...just get those two marks together.
Later, after the engine is assembled, sticking the distributor in simple. It doesn't require anything more than the rotation of the engine to set it perfectly.
Don't make this procedure more than it is...you don't have to remember where anything is, write anything down or scribe any lines on anything.
If you line up the two marks on the gears, you are home free. Everything else will be a piece of cake.
Stuart
