You're welcome. Before trying to change the points, try just cleaning them first. Doesn't take but a few minutes. Pull the cap and rotor and pry up the dust cover under them. You'll se the points off to one side suaually the side toward the motor. Fold up a dollar bill spring them open, and slip the bill in between. Let them spring back closed and with the tension on them rub that bill back and forth a few times.
As far as replacement, if that's needed, again not a bad job. They come in two parts. The arm with the spring that hinges on a pivot pin and rides on the cam of the distributor shaft, and a smaller piece that screws directly to the distributor body. All you need is a screwdriver, a .013" feeler gauge, and a little wrench (I think it's 11/32"). The wrench will be used to disconnect the hot wire attached to the arm, which can then be pulled right off. (Tip: Work on a clean floor or put a drop cloth under your work area so you can retrieve the little nut that might go flying on you.) The screwdriver will remove the smaller ground contact. To install put the new ground contact in place without tightening it down. Install the arm and hook the wire back to it. Put it so that it mates up with the contact on the ground side. Use the fan to turn the motor so that the fiber/resin block under the arm is resting on a high spot on the cam ( a rounded whoulder, not the flat area). Then loosen the ground point back up, and adjust it so that the feeler gauge jst slips petween the contacts on the arm and the ground block. There's a knack to it -- there's not a lot of room in there for fingers or anything else to hold that grounding side in place, and it will tend to twist or move to open or close the gap as you tighten it down. So it may take a little fiddling and a few tries, but if, when you're done, you've got a gap of .013" and the two sides are mating together, you've got it.
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