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bobv7:
"The bottom line I guess, is it’s a 1970s very mechanical set up, and whether ya use cig paper, 12v lamps... whatever... it’ll basically work fine. Horses for courses?"

How true, and unless you've just had a total rebuild and blueprinted the engine, when you take into consideration the age and possible condition of all the components involved in the power train, the absolute accuracy of the ignition timing probably has at best a maginal effect on efficiency. The same could be said for the argument over tyre choice and tyre pressures when considering the accuracy and age of the various type of gauges available. :-\

Rob62:
A good point Lobo and Bob...the points gap is something like 0.014” to 0.018” which is a fair old target and anywhere in that range was good enough..

I used to use tissue paper myself when i was a skint teenager, never seemed to cause any problems... my biggest niggle back then was the screw heads constantly chewing up due to the use of incorrect screwdrivers, back then i put it down to shitty japanese metal, how wrong i was as that shitty japanese metal is still in my garage giving me great service 40 odd years later 😄

Bryanj:
Gap should be 0.35mm or 14-16 thou, guess what-----unless you buy an expensive set you dont get a 15 thou!!

10tenmen:
Get one from the correct period lol, it works really well.

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