Glad he solved his problem! When I was a young lad, with a 2 year old 69 Roadrunner, I was just starting to learn about cars and engines. Somehow, I can't really remember how, The wire to the points shorted out. It was obvious that it was fried and I went to the parts house and got a new wire. I started it up and it ran just fine, but when it got over three grand, it just laid over like it was out of gas. I screwed with the carb and checked the fuel pump- no joy. After checking out lots of unrelated things, I finally pulled the cap and took a close look at the points. You guessed it, the short had heated the points enough that it took the temper out of the spring(it was blue from the heat). Those points were floating like crazy over 3K. I threw in a spare set and the problem was solved. We have all been there at one time or another, nobody was born a master mechanic. We need to bring back the civility to this forum, we are all here to learn!