Distributor timing

with the dampener slit on TDC #6 compression preoil one bank then back up the crank 3/4 of a turn CCW & preoil the other bank (I forget which position oils which bank). If you left it on 6/12 o'clock dot to dot then you are on #6 compression (go to the one you are closest to first to minimize the turning). can cut a strip of paper 17.082" to use as a ruler to go back 3/4 of a turn (from #6 back CCW to #eight). EDIT for the dist I would get the slit at 15 BTDC then install dist with you standing over the pass fender looking down on it so the rotor is pointing at 5 o'clock if the slit is on #1 compression 12/12 o'clock dot to dot) or pointing at 11 0'clock if you are on #6 compression (6/12 o'clock dot to dot) with the vac can pointing straight up at 12 o'clock (across to the dr side fender) with the #1 plug wire plugged in just below the forward dist cap spring steel retainer and have the housing turned slightly till the magnet is dead even with the tooth. Clock the inter gear ANYWHERE to accomplish this and starting with the intergear slot parallel to the eng centerline is a VG start. this is OE & maintaining that is a good practice & that standardization helps prevent future errors and lets the wires nestle as neatly as possible. From #1 route the wires on around CCW #1 (already there) then 8-4-3-6-5-7-2. if the rotor is at 11 o'clock then plug in #6 there & go on around CCW 6 (already there) then 5-7-2-1-8-4-3