1973 280se 4.5 points setting
 

HELLO EVERYONE. QUICK QUESTION. WHATS THE POINTS SETTING ON MY 1973 280SE 4.5. ANSWER WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED THANKS RANDY.

Pretty sure the range is .028 - .032. I've have good luck with .030.

The manual specifies dwell versus a gap setting. The dwell angle is basically the % of time open versus closed. You need a meter to measure it right. I found that the performance difference when using the manual specified dwell setting versus 5 degrees off is surprisingly big as far as performance and economy. If you have a dwell meter, I'd suggest using it as the way to go versus doing a gap setting, but 0.030 is not a bad base number to run on... just won't get you the same performance, from my experience, as the manual's suggested dwell.

I don't have my manual handy but if memory serves it's about 32° +/- 2°.

I think the points should be set to about 0.014" or about the thickness of a business card. Later the dwell should be checked and should be about 30deg.

I agree, 30 degrees works prefectly for this set up.