Signs that your points need to be adjusted, humor me... Options

[ChrisReale]

What are some signs that your points need to be adjusted? (Not related to my Pertronix question earlier, just curious)

[airsix]

Like Mark said, gotta check the dwell angle. Using a feeler guage to set the point gap just doesn't cut it.

1) adjust the dwell angle (get a meter - they're cheap) Once you have the meter you can easily check the dwell in 2 minutes whenever you want.
2) adjust the timing because changing the dwell changes the timing but not vice-versa.
3) If your dwell angle and timing bounces around like a ping-pong ball then your distributor is worn and the shaft is wobbling. Converting to electronic ignition may make this better since they are less suceptible to shaft wobble (especially the Crane optical kit).

-Ben M.