Getting it to TDC on #1 -- with the obvious proviso of putting your thumb in the hole to make sure that you're coming up on compression, top it out by eye and then use the trick of putting a stiff wire or short screwdriver in through the plug hole to make a lever of it. When the outisde of your lever is at its lowest, the piston is at its highest. Ta-da!!
To fine tune/verify that with the mark on the flywheel, take a toothbrush ( a similar-size brass or sttel brush is better) with your favorite solvent to find the mark, then hit it with a squirt of brake cleaner to dry it off and mark it with some paint. The index will differ according to what kind of half-moon cover you have under the motor at the front end of the torque tube. If it is cast, there is a nub/fin on the inside of the casting. If it is stamped, the vertical rib stamped into it is your index.
If you are feelin' wimpy, this is a great opportunity for personal development, and you'll be a better man for it (JK!). If you've got it close enough to find the mark and paint it, it shouldn't take more than a dive or two underneath, with trips back up front to the fan in between to turn the motor to get them lined up. There is nothing wimpy or unmanly about removing all the plugs to make the motor easier to turn. ;8^)
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