Setting Dwell

A little off-topic, but if a daily driver that you are buying gas regularly to drive, electronic ignition is the way to go and will soon pay for itself in less gas, plus improve performance and reduced emissions. Not much harder than replacing the points and you are done for life. You can install the Pertronix Ignitor or Crane Cams XR700 in your existing distributor. I bought one of the later for ~$25 on ebay recently. I also see the Mopar setup (elec. distributor and box) sometimes on ebay sell for ~$80. Points are archaic and always problematic. I just keep them in the trunk in case I have to revert on the roadside. Never have in decades of driving.