Distributor Shaft Alignment, Small sector to Left/driver side? or Right/pass. side? Options

[Gatornapper]

Haynes Manual, page 65, Fig. 3.6, referenced from page 64, Pp. 6, #7: "install it so that.........an angle of 12 deg. .......with the small sector facing towards the outside of the car."

On my 914, the small sector is on the left.

If I'm reading this correctly, this is ambiguous and does not clarify it "the outside of the car" is the Driver's side or Passenger side.......

Can someone clarify this please? Or am I missing something (not the first time...).....

TIA,

GN

[injunmort]

if I am understanding you correctly, you say rotor is 11 o'clock position when timed at tdc on number 1 cylinder. that is incorrect, rotor should be at 7 o'clock position on tdc cylinder 1( pointing at spark plug in clylinder 1.) now if you are tdc on clinder 1 and that pic shows rotor loacation, you can time it there by making that wire your #1 wire. following firing order after. I just use the factory positions to keep it simple. you can change the position of the rotor by pulling distributor AND distributor drive from the motor. the drive is slotted and the distributor only fits it in the proper orientation. I pull both, pull cap, turn rotor to face cylinder 1 and then put both pieces in together. that gets the correct orientation. even if they separate during re install, it is close enough to be adjusted by turning dist body, then set the points, cap and reinstall wires.