I worried about this same thing when I did mine, so I made a template to make sure I got everything aligned when the Crown unit was finally installed.
Using a piece of card stock I marked a couple alignment marks using casting edges on the engine block, then pressed the image of the stock OPDA into the card. I penciled in the impression and cut it out with an X-Acto/shop knife.
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Once I confirmed the template's fit to the OEM unit, I advanced the engine to TDC and put an Allen key in the OEM unit and pulled it straight out.
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It rotated out as expected and I tried to start the Crown unit in at the same orientation as the OEM came out, but the oil pump drive key at the bottom of the shaft was just enough off that the unit wouldn't fully seat. If I got it fully seated, it looked similar to your picture
@RhoadsJeep38.
I rationalized since the cam is what drives everything on the OPDA, and the computer is dependent on a magnetic sensor in the harness reading the 'cogs' in the head of the OPDA to initiate spark; the internals in the top end of the OPDA being aligned correctly is key to keeping everything working properly. The OPDA basically works a lot like an old distributor cap. As long as the engine is running, the cam is turning, and oil needs to be pumping; the OPDA does this via the slotted key at its end turing the drive slot on the pump, down in the block. I just used a long screwdriver to
slightly turn the key slot in the block the smallest turn to the left. I then reinstalled the Crown, starting it in at the same orientation as the old unit came out, and it fully seated. Checking with the template it was close enough to its original orientation for me.
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Not going to lie, this was a butt-puckering procedure, but has worked.