no more squeeks just the backfiring

hey i found out what the sqeak was it was the enigine grounds not grounded, so the choke wasnt wokring right ( this took care of the sqeak) and the ground IN the cap also was not grounding properly so i fixed all that and when i set the motor to TDC i pulled the #1 plug stuck my finger in and had a freind bump it over till it pushed my finger out and the line on the balancer read 2 from tdc so i figured that its TDC right? ok so then my distributor i noticed that if i turn the bottom gear untill it makes a clicking sound then it drops right in place bolted it snug put the wires and cap on and the plug then i go to fire it and it has spark now becuase its backfiring really nicley :rolleyes: could it be 180 degrees off still? do i have the wrong #1 on teh cap? HEI's r kinda hard to figure out for me cuz no rotor to point to #1 for me, can i drop the old distributor in again after TDC to see where the rotor points and then make my HEI #1 plug where that rotor was pointing is this affective any imideate response will be appreciated wheile its raining so i can get back out there! thanks for all help

Jordan