"I don't know how to do a static timing set. How do you do it? I'll give it a shot! I'll also pick up a feeler gauge for the plugs and for the valves" --- As for the static timing test---Remove the distributor cap and run a points file across the contacts to clean away dirt/oil/oxidation and then set the gap (remember to rotate the motor so the rubbing block is on a high point of the distributor cam). Now, if you have a 12v test light-rotate the motor by hand until the timing scale is getting close to the pointer on the timing cover. Attach the test light to ground and the - side of the coil (wire from the distributor). Turn the ignition ON. Now slowly rotate the motor clockwise advancing the scale on the pulley toward the pointer. When the test light goes ON--STOP. The pointer will tell you what the degrees of advance (or retard)are. Shut the ignition. Anything beteen 5 to 15 degrees before top dead center (0 on the scale) is sufficiently close to get the car running. To adjust the timing--set the motor to the desired spot on the scale at the pointer. Now loosen the dist. clamp--7/16 box end wrench--turn on the ignition--rotate the distributor counterclockwise so the points are in a closed position. Now slowly advance the distributor turning it clockwise--when the test light goes on is where you lock up the distributor. Now if you have no test light here's an old VW Beetle owner's trick--open the points and slip a piece of a cigarette paper (which you have saved your friend from smoking) between the contacts. Instead of the lamp being lit you can leave the ignition off--when the piece of paper will slip out between the points that will tell you the timing and can then be used for the setting operation. -- Dave