As near as I am able to determine, the two of you are essentially saying the same thing, apart from some geographical terminology. Symantics aside, why not let it rest?
The distributor drive gear is pinned with a roll pin to the distributor shaft. The drive gear has an even number of teeth, 14 if memory serves, and the roll pin is centered, so that it can be pinned to the shaft in either of two positions 180 degrees apart. No Matter which way.
The oil pump wobble adapter, also roll pinned into the bottom of the drive gear, has a flare to it's female slot, so that the adapter will slip into position, and to a certain degree is self aligning, provided the engine or the oil pump are not rotated when the distributor is out.
On an EFI engine, it's a bit of a pain to remove the rocker cover on the left side, since the plenum is in the way. It helps to have a helper, but if you remove the spark plug for the number one cyl, and put your thumb over the plug hole and have your helper rotate the engine with a socket on the crank bolt, in the direction of rotation, stopping at TDC or thereabouts, you'll feel it building compression and that is the FIRING cycle TDC. Thats the one you want. (If you don't feel it building compression, you're on the exhaust stroke, and need to go another 360 degrees)Now just drop the distributor in with the rotor backed up a few degrees from where it wants to be when fully seated.
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