New timing chain, can't get distributor to line up

Leave the engine timed as it is with the cam and crank gears. Remove the distributor. Remove the intermediate shaft and reposition it so the the slot points towards the very front driver's side intake manifold bolt. This is the way the factory service manual says to time the intermediate shaft. Place the distributor back in pointing the rotor back to where number 6 is on the cap, according to the factory service manual. Replace the cap and put the wires on in order.