You can do a crude test of the mechanical advance in the distributor by removing the cap and grasp the rotor and turn it by hand. You should feel the counter weight spring tension as you turn the rotor, and it should snap all of the way back when you release it.
I tried your test and it turns a small amount and snaps back to where it started. Seems to me to be working?
I pickup up a dwell meter and with the gap set with a feeler gauge my angle was about 28.
I'm surprised it was running, but it is now set at about 41.5, right in the middle of the recommended 38-45.
The hesitation seems to be completely gone!
After I was done setting the dwell I decided to try the tach function on my new meter. It read around 350 and it says to multiply that number by 10 which would put me at a 3500 rpm idle.
The idle sound slightly fast to me, but there is no way its at 3500. I'm on the six cylinder setting, am i missing something?
My next step is to try and get the carb tuned properly. the needles seem to be a little out of wack.
As always, advice from people wiser then me is much appreciated.
Thanks for all the help everyone!
