So I found this:
which helped, except that one of mine had the flat side on the bottom side of the E instead of the top. But whatever, I tried every combo of rotating them around, and finally got it to where it sounded somewhat like a distortion pedal, but only with the knobs all the way up, and even then still quieter than bypass.
For sake of testing, i replaced the 5133s with 5089s and voila -- cranked fuzzy goodness! So the pedal is OK.
I then added the 5133s back in one by one, and discovered that the odd one was actually rotated off by 90°! Correcting that, I got 'em in there right, and it sounds even better than the 5089s (less harsh highs when the gain is past 12 o'clock).
RAWKING! Thanks for your help!
John