ok i kinda feel stupid for asking this but... here it goes. i got my 350 running finaly and recently got it running semi well. (after i had a thread in rocker stud pull out...) i wanted to check the timing because i thought i had it close. and the mark was way over to the left. no vacuum advance and as idling as i could get which was about 1000-1100 rpm give or take. dose this mean i was way advanced? turning the distributor untill the vacuum advance hit the manifold made it run better. so i pulled the dizzy and roated it one toothe to the LEFT. did i figure everything right. i dont think i did.. cause now i cant get it fired and then my battery died so yea. but through reading this can any of you guys figure out my mistake? please.:confused:

pull the left valve cover and rotate the engine until the timing mark is lined up with zero AND both valves on 1 are closed. That's #1 TDC. Put your dizzy back in so the rotor is in the neighbohood of the #1 spark plug wire.

That will get you close enough to time it properly.