Setting the points with a matchbook cover

[Marty Roth]

On 10/6/2020 at 11:34 AM, Robert Street said:

I haven’t used these since early 70’s

Robert

That Crow's-Foot wrench to reach the bolt under the GM distributor Body, and then the Flex-shaft Allen Wrench to turn the points' adjusting screw behind the vertically sliding  plate to reach inside the window of the distributor while looking at the Dwell Meter -

That made tune-Ups much easier - wish our '54 Caddy had that later style distributor for quick and easy adjusting-

I've used the edge of a matchbook as a 0.016" guide to set points

and doubled it over for sparkplugs, at least "back-in-the-day", or when on the road and helping someone else.

 

Oh, and Robert, if you don't want those anymore, they would be a welcome addition to my collection 😃

Edited November 21, 2020 by Marty Roth (see edit history)

[padgett]

Have both with the difference that the flexdriver has a number of tips to set idle mixture also.

Speaking of oddball tune up tools:

 

[29hupp]

I have a friend with an  old Mercedes that in the instruction manual it says to use the paper on a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes to set the points. 

[padgett]

Green or White ?