F-2 Speedy

#1 can really be any place on the cap if you wire it correctly, but most aim the pointer towards #1 cylinder, if you had to crank the engine to get the distributor to fall into the oil pump ? then it wasn't in the same place as when you removed it

Bstocky

Didn’t have to crank the engine to get the distributor in. Just have to rotate the distributor slightly to fall into place.

F-2 Speedy

Well what you've described doesn't make sense to me, I guess all this is above my pay grade and its 5 o'clock time for a

Bstocky

could
i have the rotor off 180° inside the distributor? Wouldnt think it’s even fire though

Bstocky

I edited the photo to make it easier to see, but the white marks where my reference marks originally

F-2 Speedy

NO, the rotor is keyed just like the cap, maybe you were not on the compression stroke when you were thinking its TDC, if thats the case then you were 180* out

EDIT: your picture as I said before looks to be 1 hole off all the way around the cap when replacing the wires, good thing is its fixed

Bstocky

yea like I had the rotor and key flipped 180° Inside the distributor. But if It flipped would even start or run?

Bstocky

But now looking at other pictures their distributors sit how mine is now in relation to the block. Picture I found

Bstocky

And even this illustration has it sitting similar

Bstocky

Picture of the distributor in relation to the engine now.