Techinspector1 has it nailed, right on.---just one thing I will add. you can use the starter to turn the engine over untill you feel it blowing your finger off number 1 cyl, but be ABSOLUTELY SURE that the power feed to the coil is disconnected from the distributor---you don't want it to start and run on 7 cylinders with one plug out. As soon as you feel it blowing your finger off the plug hole, STOP. Put a 5/8" socket on the end of the crank pulley and use your ratchet or Johnson bar to turn the engine untill the timing mark on the harmonic balance lines up with the timing pointer. There just ain't no way that you will ever get it to line up by jogging the starter.