Point gap

My manual says .17 for the point gap on my 273 that sound right? It’s still not firing

Lubricate the contact arm and cam lobe with a touch of synthetic disc brake grease, unless you can find some point cam lube, which is very difficult to find these days, or your point arm contact pad will wear out if short order.

Also, since it is Halloween, you can take an old condenser, charge it up using one of your spark plug wires and leave it laying around for someone to pick up.

Reminds me of the time I picked up a magneto with all the plug wires hanging on it from an early Hemi powered boat. An obnoxious acquaintance thought the plug ends looked cool, so he reached down and grabbed them. I gave the magneto a good spin, and he nearly shat himself. Trick or treat.