Point gap

Every boy (and girl) that touches an engine of any kind should know how to gap points and make them work, and WHAT makes them work.

I hardly ever use a feeler. When I used to set points, I just "eyeballed" them and then set them with a dwell meter. You can set dwell "on the starter."

Look at which way the shaft rotates. Clean the cam of any dried or excessive grease and put a tiny dab of lube on the "approach" side of the points rubbing block, so that the shaft rotation moves the grease "into" the rubbing block

Make sure you have a good condenser. If you replace the old one, keep it for a spare. "New parts" are not always "good."

As said above set the gap on the HIGH point of the cam. If you have a stick car, you can put the car in "high" gear and "bump" the car back and forth on the suspension to bump the engine "that last bit" to get the cam on the "high" point of the lobe