awesome advise. I bring the harmonic balancer around to about 15* and then pull the dizzy cap and line up the #1 plug wire with the rotor. that should be really close. i have my timing light set up before i start it too. the cam run in is gonna get the engine hot as it is but if the timing is way off its gonna compound the prob.
you could unhook the fuel line at your filter in the pic and dribble some fuel down the line to fill the float bowl the hook it back up.