points- fine tuneing

[Guest]

just put new points and condencer in my 63 champ pick up i was told they should be set to .019 and i did that with a set of feeler gauges. is there a way or does the points need to be fine tuned and if so best way to do so.

[JJB]

Ryan,get a dwell/tach meter.Find out what the degree range is for your Champ. Set the points within this range and you have fine tuned your points.

[Mike Van Veghten]

Ryan..."proper" feel with feeler gauges will work just fine...!
Just remember...a light touch...holding a single leaf (gauge) with your finger tips...NOT a death grip on the handle....again, you'll be fine.
As long as you aren't heavy handed.

A dwell meter is just "another"...way of doing the same thing. If you have the money for one or a friend with one...no problem, they are good too.

Just remember...if you talk long enough to an "old enough guy"....he'll tell you about setting points with a match book cover...!

Mike

[jlmccuan]

In the good old days, we had "calibrated hands". 2 smallest fingers on a 6" ratchet handle = 30 ft. lbs. - etc. We were literally digital before computers. LOL Oh yes, don't forget the billy club smacking the sidewall of the inside duals to check tire pressure.

Jim

_________1966 Avanti II RQA 0088______________Rabid Snail Racing

[curt]

Dwell and the width of the point setting are opposites, the wider the point gap the smaller the dwell, and the smaller the point gap the larger the dwell. I like the GM window distributor for settig the dwell/point gap.