The factory manual advises to align to TDC compression which I've done as precisely as I'm able. Notch on the main pulley centered on the 0 mark, marks on the cam drive wheels lined up with the notches on the backing plate.
Then it advises to align the stamp on top of the distributor driven gear with the notch on the distr housing and install it with the bolt hole for the hold-down aligned with the slot in the hold down portion of the distr.
However, when installed like this, the alignment of the rotor ends up slightly ahead (oriented clockwise) of the contact for the #1. On the pic with the cap on, I've drawn a line showing the orientation of the rotor compared to where the #1 contact is. I thought it would be dead- center lined up.
I'm posting a link to some pics. Does it look like it's where it's supposed to be?