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Assumming it's a typical older V-8........Find the #1 cylinder; usually the driver front. Pull the spark plug out and turn the motor in it's normal rotation slowly. With your finger over the hole, you should feel air gush out; stop turning the engine when this air just stops. The engine is now at #1 TDC, or in other words, the motor is at the top of the compression stroke on the #1 cylinder. This is where you find the timing mark lines up @ O. Pull the distributor cap off; if you are really lucky, the rotor should be pointing at the spark plug tower that goes to the #1 cylinder. If not, pull the distributor out of the block, and rotate the rotor and put back in until the rotor points at #1. You will have to point the rotor at about 20-30 degress before or after the #1 rotor, as the shaft meshes into the gears. You may also have to get a screwdriver or whatever to slightly rotate the oil pump drive rod slightly to get it to line up with the distributor shaft. Make sure the distributor seats fully on to the block or you will have no oil pressure!
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