timing gear alignment.

Your statement has got me confused...
According to the 73 FSM cam gear and crank gear dots should face each other.


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Read further. Somewhere after that page, before the distributor installation instructions it will tell you to rotate the crank one revolution. 1 and 6 are running mates, so both will be at TDC at the same time. One of them will be on TDC compression and one of them on TDC exhaust. I’m not sure why this is so confusing.