Distributor Install for first start. Double check my work!

I've always had good luck with the following; set the timing mark on #1 compression at your desired setting. Insert the dizzy with the rotor pointed in the general direction you want it to point. Install the cap and back off the distributor housing. With power on and the #1 spark plug laying on a good ground with lead connected (where you can readily see it), rotate the dizzy housing back towards the rotor until you see the plug spark, then stop. Snug the clamp bolt down and it should be ready to fire right where your timing mark is set. FWIW, I leave the distributor out until I'm ready to fire it, and immediately beforehand pull the oil pump drive gear and use a long shaft with an electric drill to spin the oil pump over until I have positive oil pressure and flow, then slap in the gear and distributor right before lighting it off. This way you have pre oiled the lifter galley and main bearing prior to your first revolution.