Dennis- Thanks, but Josh was kind enough to call me and walk me through it.
Turns out that everything is actually perfect as is. The old MP double roller timing set I am using is manufactured with a four degree cam advance in the cam gear, so the intake centerline is 106.5 degrees, right where I wanted it.
But to answer your questions, I found TDC using the stop by bolting the degree wheel on roughly where I thought TDC was, attaching a pointer, putting in the stop tool, rotating the motor one way and then the other marking where the pointer was at each stop, then splitting the difference between the stops and adjusting the degree wheel accordingly.
The dial indicator was megnatized to the head and the tip was on the top of the adjuster nut on the rocker arm. Josh told me the error of my ways, and I then removed the rockers and put the dial gauge on the top of the pushrod (head is on and motor is in the van).
Josh is a fine human being and very kind.
Thanks! I now can put this whole mess back together.
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