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Here we go..... Goof proof method of putting a distributor in right the first time.....
Take out the #1 spark plug, put your finger over the hole and turn the motor over (preferably by hand - remove all plugs to make this easier) until compression blows your finger out. Continue to turn it until the mark on the balancer comes to the 16* BTDC mark (or wherever you want your initial timing at...) on the timing tab. With the distributor still in, make a mark on the body of it where the #1 plug terminal on the cap is. Now take off the cap... is the rotor pointing close to the mark you made? If yes then put the cap back on and spark plug(s) back in. Now hook up a timing light and turn the ignition on (don't crank it! just key in ON position). Pull the trigger on the timing light while you spin the distributor clockwise, then back counter-clockwise. The light will flash and this is where you want to stop turning it and tighten the hold-down. Your done, your timing is right.
If your rotor was not pointing at the mark you made on the distributor body, pull out the distributor and drop it back in so they line up then bump the motor over, the distributor will line up with the oil pump driveshaft by itself and remain in the correct position... Time and time again I see people wasting their time sticking a screw driver down the motor trying to get the distributor to fully seat - Just drop it in until it half-way meshes with the gears and bump the motor over. Anyway, after you do this you need to repeat the first steps - Finger over plug, feel for compression, mark off rotor, etc...
If the car still doesn't start, your valve lash is wrong - There is a goofproof way of doing this too but thats another 19 paragraphs.
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