If you plan on sticking with the points then you should find yourself a dwell meter. It's for setting the points gap not the timing, but it's the best, easiest, and most accurate way to do so. It also makes matching the gaps between the two sets easier. But it's biggest benefit is in setting used points. It's the only way to accurately set them. Used points develop pits and the spark jumps between those pits. You can't accurately measure between the pits with a feeler gauge. The gap you're measuring and setting will end up smaller than the gap between the pits where the spark jumps. For this reason, if setting used points with a feeler gauge, it's best you set them to the smaller side of the gap range (around .012").
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