Thank You, Manolet, for the invitation. As far east as Ive ever been, is to New York. And, as far west as I've ever been, is to Dallas Texas. But, if I find myself in Manila; I take you up on dinner! And, I would like to take a look at your tug.
The points will never fail if you stay with them and keep them adjusted. The dwell meter works great for this. I always bought the set of points that had the separate points and condenser. The set of points that had the condenser and the points on the same plate would bend when tightened up this would change the angle some on the points, they just did not work as well as the separate condenser and points set up. The only part that I did have trouble with was the condenser quit working and this took a while to figure this out. I think this was the time I went with separate point and condenser set ups. With the separate set ups you used to be able to buy performance points with a better spring and these sets were always separate points and condenser set ups. I have the MSD set up but it is from 1993 and the only trouble I ever had was the coil went out once. Maybe back then they were made better.
Gee I guess I'm REALLY GETTING OLD. I still have my Actron dwell meter and timing light from 40+ years ago and both still work fine. I pulled the points from the Skylark a couple of months ago and installed a Pertronix system in place....sorryest thing I have ever done. I put the points back, and the 300 runs great again. Yep I know that Pertronics is hit or miss, and I probably got a bad one, but running points for a lot of years and even racing them back in the 60's has proven their worth to me. As for the dual points...I put a Mallory in the 67 GS 400 in 1968, something I'll never do again..Just Plain Ole Too Much Trouble. Points, condenser, plugs, cap, and rotor once a year and all should be fine. Also car running, set points to 30 degrees dwell, then recheck timing. Don
I was just given an old Rpm/points tester/dwell meter and I am excited to try it out! I love the nostalgia of points. Each year new cars contain less and less rebuildable components. I think this creates needless waste and honestly encourages the mechanical illiteracy of people today to grow at an alarming rate. Great for those of us who do this for a living but what does that say for future ingenuity and new generations who will continue our love of classic cars?
