As I read the book, you tighten first and then check the position (rather than tightening to the position). Then if the position is off, use shims to correct it. Although "10 minutes to 4:00" sounds really precise, I believe they mean the line formed when the minute hand is in the "10 minutes until the hour" position and the hour hand is in the "4:00" position. Being off by 5 degrees either way is not going to hurt anything.
(Hmmm, wonder how much longer it will be until most people don't know what a "minute hand" is
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But I have no intention of trying to crank start mine, so I don't worry at all about the dog position. The shims tend to get mangled anyway, so mine are long gone. And the locking plate for the crank dog is clamped in place by the fan bolts, so it can be turned to any position.