OK, hold the donations, everyone can breathe now, I"ve accounted for all the bits and pieces thanks to Peter's wonderful website, I don't know what I'd do without it.
Now, however, since I obviously didn't get a chance to observe all the various parts in their original habitat, I have some questions and assumptions.
First, there's no single dot on the rack! There are 2 of them, suspiciously they are exactly the same width apart as the body of the fuel pump. I am officially assuming that when the rack is in the body of the pump with both dots just showing, it's in the correct position to install the plunger flange and plunger "straight ahead".
Second, as you can see if you look closely at the plunger, it has the letter "L" stamped on one arm (and "B 1/1" on the other). I assume this is in lieu of the "dot" that indicates it should be lined up with the pinion body. There is no dot on the pinion body however the notch on the pinion flange would be the indicator on the "other side" of the pinion. See pic below.
Anyone can jump in anytime to verify these assumptions.
Stan