timing gear alignment.

The manual says the marks should be facing each other. Which is what I expected to see when I took the cover off, with the #1 cylinder up, and the rotor in the distributor facing #1 terminal. But it is opposite of that. So I am not sure if I should put it back together like it was, or turn the cam gear so that the marks face each other like it says to do in the book. I don't know if I'm missing something here, or someone worked on it before, and got the marks off. You wouldn't think it would run if that was the case, but it ran fine, really. Starts right up every time. Just a problem with #1 cylinder compression, which I suspect is a burnt valve. I have a gasket set ordered for that, but it won't be here until next week. Until then I am doing the timing chain, which was real sloppy. No broken teeth on the nylon gear though, so I've seen worse.
It says that for ease of timing it up. With the marks facing each other, it is timed up on #6, not #1. All manuals show to time on #6 so you can have the marks right there together and make it easier. Once you get it aligned in that position, rotate the crankshaft once and you will now be in the #1 firing position and you can drop the distributor in. This is why when you bring the engine to #1 compression stroke with the rotor pointing to #1, the timing marks are both at about the 10 O'clock position. Your engine is timed correctly.