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.
So the last you responded before yesterday was September 12th and you STILL don't have this figured out?