360 will not start, any suggestions?

73AbodEE said
the distributor drive gear can point to Canada , as long as the rotor is firing the # 1 cylinder at the # 1 terminal on the cap. it does not matter where the oil pump drive gear slot is. that is a complete waste of time when getting it up on BTDC

True enough; why make it hard (harder) on yourself than it has to be.................

I was only attempting to give a known, reliable, point to start........an FSM does not suggest "put it any place you want........."