Driver's side closest to the front
That would be the 1st cylinder on the drivers side head up front.
Number one is ALWAYS the first cylender on the front left side of the engine......
Driver side front cylinder.
Number one is designated by where ever the spark plug wire from the number one cylinder is placed. Number one cylinder is the first cylinder on the the drivers side at the front of the car.
Typically it is the one that points toward the number one cylinder. Technically it can be any of them as long as the wires are in the correct firing order. When cylinder number one is a tdc, the rotor should be pointing at the number one cylinder. Thus the number one plug wire.
Front, drivers side. Two is front, passenger side.
The location of number one cylinder depends on the manufacturer of the engine. For example, a Ford 302 and a Chevrolet 350 have number one cylinders on opposite sides.
The number 5 cylinder is the rearmost one on the passenger side - closest to the firewall. Have fun!!
Driver's side front.
there is no hard fast rule here. but typically with the cap off and number one cylinder at TDC on compression stroke. the rotor will point at number one cylinder on the engine.
Yes the rotor should be pointing to the #1 cylinder when you are installing the distributor.
2nd one on drivers side