Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 02:08 pm, by: Matthew Sharpe(Madmatt)
Wow, mechanical points? Must be pretty old huh?
Most points systems should work pretty well at a fingernails width when on the cam. - 20 to 30 thousands of an inch from memory, and its been a good 10 years since I had a car with manual points... It won't make a heck of a lot of difference if its five thousands off factory spec as long as the points and condenser are in good condition. I'd recommend replacing them if you don't know their history or if there is any evidence of nubbing on the points. They used to be cheap enough items on most engines ten years ago.
