/6 Timing has me stumped!

we need pics: do you have a piston stop (long one for a slant) can use a drumstick: get piston down and jamb drumstick in #1 spark plug socket to wedge it against wall (it wont scratch) now gently bring piston up with wrench or belt until you just feel it hit. Mark your balancer edge with a dab of cream cheese from your bagel (or whatever you got that will wipe off) where it says 0 or TDC. Now turn motor other direction and feel it come up again and touch undisturbed drumstick, mark it again at TDC. Measure the distance between these 2 dots and make a permanent mark right in the middle. THIS IS YOUR TRUE TDC no matter what your balancer says. At this point your piston will be at its highest point on either its compresson stroke or its exhaust stroke. Only the camshaft will tell you what stroke your crank is on as its a 4 stroke motor. That's when your thumb over the spark plug hole will confirm the compression stroke as it will blow off your thumb, Pssst!. as soon as you feel compression building, run the new damper mark to its TDC (turning it clockwise) and youll be at TDC of compression stroke and your rotor should be pointing to #1 plug wire (forget terminals) If it is not, make it so by turning the distributor, or in the case that it cannot be turned enough, rewire the cap so the #1 is in range of the rotor. Even though 0 advance is not ideal, it will start the car assuming your cam timing is correct (dot to dot)