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Originally Posted by Formulajones
Correct. I use the felt pad soaked in oil that keeps the rubbing block lubed pretty well. I don't even bother lubing it as a maintenance practice. Matter of fact the 20 year old points I pulled out of my firebird that had about 45,000 miles on them looked virtually unscathed on the rubbing block and compared identical to the new set I put in. I could have simply filed the contacts on those points to clean them up a bit and put them back in service. There was really no need to even change them but I let a few guys here talk me into it when I was racing the car stating it would help, but the car never ran any quicker.
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Sorry, I don't mean to beat this to death, but if you didn't put a dwell meter on it you can't really know what changed in 45k miles. I'm not convinced you can see normal rubbing block wear. In 45k miles the nylon just isn't as long as it used to be and the dwell is different and therefore your timing has moved. Unless of course you have done maintenance. Yes I know what you're probably thinking, the car ran fine, lol.