[Chaldaean]

^Quoted image of Shipwreck's from above

I'm asking this question as I just buttoned up my HG this past Sunday night and wasn't too confident with the process of installing the distributor (never done it before). When I aligned the the marks on the drive gear/housing and pushed the distributor in, the rotor was pointing just to the left of the electrical connector on the distributor. I got the cap and tried to visualize where the rotor would meet the contact for cylinder #1 and it seemed to about right. Also, the FSM makes it look like the rotor should be slightly rotated counter-clockwise from 12:00 at TDC (FSM image below). I've driven my truck all week and it seems to run/sound fine, but I'm wondering if you or I are a tooth off.

(Off topic: I was in Tahoe, as well, at the same time that your HG gave up the ghost. It was my first time skiing out west and we did 2 days at Heavenly and 2 days at Kirkwood for a buddy's bachelor party. There are so many Land Cruisers down there! I saw a bunch of rackless/spoilerless 80s, not to mention 60s, 40s and minitrucks. It's LC heaven down there compared to NH and the skiing will definitely make me go back!)