Compression Stroke

Per the service manual, the slot in the distributor drive gear should point to the #1 intake bolt. That is not the case on my engine. I don’t know the history of the crank and crank gear; but so what if you line the rotor up with what I establish as the #1 contact. The service manual says to actually rotate the distributor counterclockwise until the rotor and contact are starting to seperate.