Back in the "old" days, about 10 years ago, you could take your car to a Tune-up Masters, which I guess was the equivalent of today's Jiffy Lube. A tune up consisted of something like the following. Don't forget, all replacement parts, if necessary, were extra.

• Inspect, clean and regap sparkplugs
• Inspect spark plug wiring
• Inspect distributor cap and rotor, points
• Check timing
• Adjust idle mixture

What this really meant was:

• Hit the plugs with an airgun
• Wiring works since there's ignition
• You almost always needed a new cap and rotor, so $14 for new distributor cap/rotor/points/condensor
• Turn the distriubutor clockwise or counterclockwise until it sounds good with your foot on the pedal
• turn a screw on the carburetor till it feels good, normaly in conjunction with rotating the distributor

Kuan