Hook the weight on with your left hand and carefully lower the weight into the case, letting the line slip through your fingers and keeping the line taught so that the line does not slip of the pulley. Repeat this for the second weight. Winding for the first time Dragon Antiques always supplies 8-day clocks with the line fully wound out therefore now all you have to do is wind the clock with the cranked winder through the winding holes in the dial. The line should follow the grooves in the drum as in the picture. Wind slowly as the line may have kinked or set into shape during shipping.
Chain works fine, but rope is more delicate especially around the sewn join.
Please wind gently. Arrange the chain of the leader so that it runs over the pulley and that the weight loop is downward as in the picture. Keep hold of the pulley and chain with one hand and with the other hand hook on the weight. Keeping tight hold of the chain so that it does not fall off the pulley lower the weight into the case letting the chain slip through your fingers until the chain above is taught and you can let go. If your clock has chain drive, check that the chain is running over both sprockets in the movement correctly, i.e. the chain is engaged in the teeth of the sprockets and is not riding up the side.