While you've got the distributor out, change the points. Put one of Jon G's improved condensers in while you're at it. The offshore-made ones available commercially are two types- - - -they're either bad right out of the box, or they fail after a few minutes of running.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!