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Start by finding #1 TDC.
Pull the #1 plug and hold your finger over the hole while bumping the engine. When you feel compression coming out of the hole you are approaching TDC.
Bring the balancer around to line up TDC and pull the cap off. The tower that most closely lines up with the rotor is #1.
Going clockwise, the next tower is for #8, then 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2.
If you do this correctly the engine should start.
By the way...You did not clean the points on an '88. Haven't been used since '74.
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