Ok the 80s are long gone.. What the heck do we use for lube nowadays? Use to be able to buy a 1 o2 2 ounce tube of IPL For the time being I use a spot of ARP assembly lube.
What can I say. I do remember you need to lube the points literally every 2 weeks.Mileage matters... the follower is what need the lube.. I did forget to lube the points one time had to reset the points in a 50-60 miles I pulled the dipstick got lube that way that time.
Lubriplate. thumb up. ..Dielectric grease is the stuff you get with the points, Not as good as the the stuff that was sold in the good old days
We'd use a very light smear of wheel bearing grease. That's how I was taught in the late 1970s. Not that many cars have serviceable wheel bearings these days....
Niehoff NL-2 I've had this tube for 40 years.....will outlast me. It stays put and if it gets on points it won't burn.
I have done the same without issue. A sort of multipurpose high temp brake/wheel bearing grease. Maybe it isn’t the best but for the amount most of us drive our cars I am sure it is fine.
I recall it was a dark grease for the non-felted points. The grease goes on the "leading" side of the cam block, so it slowly is drawn to the cam as it rotates. There was a dark heavy oil lube used for the point cam block with the felt wick. The lube was in a small capsule.
The Niehoff lube is opaque... I see 3 tubes (package deal) for sale on EBAY....they would last someone 3 lifetimes.... Actually I still use the stuff fairly regularly repairing vintage outboard motors...
Egad the price! Would have bought seven tubes when I got the one I have had for 50+ years (and still 1/3 of the tube left). https://www.amazon.com/Standard-Mot...ocphy=9031161&hvtargid=pla-583142037243&psc=1
Well Ya.... I bought http://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/67-special-meet-donna-the-donor.345619/ and she came with a pertronix ignition. Swapped them out for a set of points wanted something more reliable.. So far mileage went up from 8mpg to 16mpg.. Short mile testing.. pertronix 80 miles 10 gallons. points 50 miles 3 gallons.
Petronix sucks. I had three of them fail, the M and H is much better. Life is too short to mess with points.
We were out tuna fishing about 30 miles off the Washington coast.. Pertronix died... Cleaned up a set of rusty points that were onboard. Made it back to port.. As far As Im concerned point will never let you down...
Jeez! I drove my breaker point equipped Chrysler 300 from Massachusetts to California and back (after spending a summer in LA) without ever pulling the distributor cap. I don't remember ever lubricating the points between point changes, usually at about 10,000 miles.
