How to set breaker points?

He did say it was running badly. Maybe we can at least help him eliminate the points as a source of that. Oh and one thing I forgot to add.....make sure the faces of the points are CLEAN and not burned or pitted all to hell and back. You might even get a small file and file them so that they have a fresh surface area if they need it. If you don't have a point file, an emery board works very well.
Bad condenser? Most of the new ones are bad right out of the box.